Name: No-Bake Banoffee Pie Cups Recipe
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3.5 oz (100 g) shortbread cookies; 0.8 oz (25 g) butter, softened; 1 1/2 bananas; 3 tablespoons dulce de leche; 1 1/2 cups (300 ml) whipping cream; 1 1/2 tablespoons (20 g) brown sugar; 1 tablespoon orange flower water (optional)

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Enjoy these insanely easy no-bake banoffee pie cups (aka banoffee pie in a glass) made in 15 minutes! Served individually, this dessert is perfect for an entertaining party or a romantic dinner. It is a feast for your eyes and mouth!

A teaspoon full of banoffee and two glass cups on background

Each bite of Banoffee with layered crumbled biscuit, soft toffee filling, seemingly ordinary bananas, and lightly sweetened whipped cream brings a delicate balance to the overall taste.

Plus, add love as an ingredient to the recipe, and you will make the perfect dessert.

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What is Banoffee?
Why you should try this recipe
Ingredients
How to make banoffee cups
Expert tips
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What is Banoffee?

Banoffee is a combination of banana, cream, and soft toffee (in this case, dulce de leche or cooked sweetened condensed milk).

The dessert is of British origin and is quite young. The debut was made in the English pub The Hungry Monk in 1972.

In most cases, this delightful banana dessert is made as Banoffee pie, but serving it in cups or glasses is another impressive dessert presentation.

Two portions banoffee pie in glasses: Close up

Why you should try this recipe

This 15-minute banoffee pie cup recipe is easy and quick to make.
The dessert is perfect for an entertaining party or a romantic dinner.
Orange flower water brings an additional flavor to the whipped cream.
Banana - cookie crumbs - whipped cream is a rich combination of different textures.
Dulce de leche delivers a beautiful caramel taste.

Ingredients

For ingredients and detailed instructions, refer to the recipe card below.

Shortbread cookies: use your homemade shortbread cookies, store-bought shortbread fingers or replace them with another kind of tea biscuits, such as digestive biscuits, for example.

Butter: the recipe calls for unsalted butter. Take it out of the fridge 30 minutes to 1 hour before you start.

Bananas: use ripe yellow bananas; they do not have to be overripe.

Dulce de leche: it is a store-bought ingredient. If it is unavailable, replace it with cooked sweetened condensed milk. Read this post on how to cook sweetened condensed milk.

Whipping cream: use your favorite brand of whipping cream with 35% fat content.

Brown sugar: use golden brown sugar. Replace it with granulated white sugar if you desire.

Orange flower water: it brings a beautiful flavor to the dessert. Omit this ingredient or replace it with vanilla extract.

A couple of cups with banoffee and cookies in the background

How to make banoffee cups

Place shortbread cookies in a food processor and crush them to get cookie crumbs. Use your hands to mix crumbs with softened butter (photo 1).

Divide three-quarters of the mixture between three cups, placing cookie crumbs at the bottom.

Add ½ banana slices to each cup (photo 2) and one tablespoon of dulce de leche.

Photo 1: Cookie crumbs in a glass bowl Photo 2: Three glasses with cookie crumbs, sliced bananas on a marble board — **PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2**

Whisk whipping cream with brown sugar and orange flower water. Using a pastry bag with your favorite tip, pipe the cream, or spoon it on top of the sliced banana.

Sprinkle with the remaining crumbled shortbread cookies. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Expert tips

Crush cookies with your fingers if you do not have a food processor.
Use any available cups or glasses to serve the dessert.

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