Banoffee Pie

[Debbiebillg]

Thanks JD, you're a gem as usual.  I think I still might soak in a little but I think it will be gobbled up quick tomorrow ! There are other deserts though.  I realised too that I don't have any brown sugar so I've used raw sugar, do you think it will still work ? I really hope so, I've got it cooking now for 50 mins, and very loud at this time of night, lucky my kids are heavy sleepers !

[judydawn]

I think you really need the brown sugar for this recipe Debbie but if it is underway, there is no pulling out now so let's just cross our fingers and hope for the best.  It may surprise us all and actually work, I hope so.  I await the next instalment of this recipe

[CreamPuff63]

JD what is the time where you are? I make it 1am cost is 9pm here...

[judydawn]

11.25  here CP.

[Debbiebillg]

Ewwww JD, was hoping you wouldn't say that ! 18 mins to go and it doesn't look like it's getting any thicker mmmmmmm

[Debbiebillg]

Well, it did set ! But ! I only put 130gm of sugar in total, so maybe that's why (maybe I shouldn't cook this late at night hmmmm).  It wasn't enough caramel for the size of the dish though, so I am cooking a second lot now ! Going to be a late night I think.  Anddddd I found some brown sugar so this time it is exactly as per the recipe ! I will pour it over the top and no-one will be any wiser (I hope) lol.

[judydawn]

Thank goodness for that Lelly.  When you said it had 18 minutes to go, I remembered I was thinking mine was never going to thicken either.  Of course it thickens more as it gets cold so you don't want it too thick when it's in it's hot stage. It is a lovely dessert, hope everyone enjoys it and the compliments come rushing at you today.

[Debbiebillg]

The banoffee pie was a very huge success.  Not one piece left ! There were other deserts left over (there was too much as usual), but none of the banoffee pie !!!!  It had two layers of caramel a lighter and a darker one.  I think somewhere in the middle would have been good so might do say 80 gm brown sugar and the rest raw sugar next time. But ohhhhh so yummy.  Brilliant recipe ! My UK relatives loved it ! It's quite a common desert in the UK, but not all that common in Brisbane. 

My 15 yo God daughter said if I make her a whole banoffee pie then she will babysit the kids ! Bargain I think !!

[judydawn]

So pleased for you Debbie.  Anyone who stays up as late as you did last night putting it together deserves the praise that this pie received.

[Debbiebillg]

Thank you Judy and thanks for your help.  I told them all I was up till 1 am lol, they said ohhh it was worth it.  I had to make a chocolate cake (made the Bimby chocolate cake) as well and by the time the kids were in bed it just got late starting last night.  I usually always make a pavlova for these gatherings, but someone was already bringing a pav, so I decided to do something different, so this was it.  I think they might ask for this instead of the pav in future lol.  At least I can make it in the Thermomix !

[cgonsalv]

Finally made this today with a biscuit base ... can't believe that the dulce de leche was so easy to make. 
Thank you all for the recipe and the hints.  It was yummy.

[Debbiebillg]

I'm making this twice this week. I'm making one today for a tupperware party to raise money for the kids school fete and then a larger one tomorrow (double of everything) to take to a BBQ.  I always do the biscuit base with scotch finger biscuits. This is a family and friends favourite now ........... I'm always getting asked to make this to take to gatherings !! It's soooooo yummmmyyyyyy !

[dede]

Yum, just printed this one out. I can see this as being a real hit in this family

[dede]

Just finished making this, my caramel was really thick, should I have cooked it not quiet so long? I let it go for the whole 50min, I noticed the caramel thicker up a lot in the last few minutes of the cooking process.

[dede]

Have no idea what these even taste like. Hope everyone (or at least most) like it