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Layered banana cream pudding in a trifle dish.

Copycat Magnolia Bakery Banana Cream Pudding

5 from 17 votes

Ingredients

FOR THE BANANA CREAM FILLING

  • 6 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 ½ cups (360 g) 2% or whole milk
  • 1 box (5 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 1/2 cups (360 g) heavy whipping cream

FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM

  • 3 cups (690 g) heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup (125 g) powdered sugar, measured then sifted

GARNISH

  • 1 box Nilla Wafers
  • Bananas

Instructions

FOR THE BANANA CREAM FILLING

  • In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth.
  • Stir in the milk and the pudding mix. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • In a chilled stainless steel bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
  • Fold the whipped cream into the pudding mixture.
  • Cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble the trifle.

FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM

  • In a chilled stainless steel bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.

ASSEMBLY

  • I recommend doing the assembly just a few hours before you want to serve the trifle. If you make the trifle too far in advance, the cookies will get soggy. Soft is ok, but we don’t want them soggy.
  • Cover the bottom of your trifle bowl with a layer of Nilla wafer cookies.
  • Cover with ⅓ of the banana filling, sliced bananas, then ⅓ of the whipped cream.
  • Repeat these steps two more times.
  • Refrigerate until you're ready to serve.
  • Courtney’s Note: Feel free to swap out Nilla wafers for shortbread cookies or even graham crackers.

Notes

Courtney’s Note: Feel free to swap out Nilla wafers for shortbread cookies or even graham crackers.
Keyword: banana cream pudding, banana cream trifle