Banana Pudding Icebox Cake. Banana Pudding Icebox Cake is a cool, easy dessert for these hot summer days. When we just can't get enough of our favorite banana pudding we turn it into a sliceable cake. Here in New York, instant banana pudding mix is hard to come by, so we used vanilla instead.

To put the layers together, you'll make the banana and vanilla filling separately, though they have similar. Banana pudding gets icebox cake-ified, becoming a no-bake, no-cook dessert to keep on hand all summer long. Last week I made a Tiramisu Cake for my brother and then came up with this Chocolate Banana Pudding Icebox Cake for my niece. You can have Banana Pudding Icebox Cake using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Banana Pudding Icebox Cake

You need 11 oz of box vanilla wafers.
Prepare 3/4 cup of cold milk.
Prepare 1 (3.4 oz) of vanilla instant pudding mix.
You need 5 of large bananas thinly sliced.
Prepare 8 oz of cool whip.

Icebox cakes are by no means newfangled but most of the versions out there are tailored to kiddie tastes and, well, they tend to look a little haphazard. Banana pudding gets icebox cake-ified, becoming a no-bake, no-cook dessert to keep on hand all summer long. For the banana filling: In another large bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, milk, and banana pudding mix until smooth. Gently fold in the remaining whipped cream until combined.

Banana Pudding Icebox Cake instructions

Make pudding according to box.
Arrange a layer of wafers on bottom of 8" springform pan, dipping each wafer in milk..
Put 1/3 of pudding on top of wafers..
Arrange a layer of bananas over pudding..
Top with 1/3 of cool whip.
Repeat layers 2 more times.
Cover with plastic and freeze until hard about 4 hours.
Top with cool whip and wafers if desired.

Strawberries add brightness to this fun take on banana pudding. Instead of the usual vanilla wafers, use graham crackers, which make neater slices. One look at our Star Spangled Blackberry Pie, Berry Cobbler, Flag Cake, or Red, White, and Blue Cheesecake Bars and sparks will fly. This Banana Pudding Icebox Cake is the perfect no-bake dessert for summer. It's a thicker, more fancy-looking version of banana pudding and it's absolutely delicious!