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Bananas Foster, the blissful matrimony of bananas sauteed successful brownish sugar, rum and banana liqueur, past flambeed and served implicit vanilla crystal cream, ranks amongst the world's apical desserts. Anyone who has been to New Orleans and has not tried bananas Foster has surely missed retired connected 1 of life's top pleasures.
This mentation turns the dessert into a charlotte, a mold of liquor-soaked ladyfingers filled with flavored mousse. In fact, this dessert is much accurately an icebox cake, since it is not inverted and unmolded. No request to bash that here; meringue covers the apical of the barroom anyhow and, arsenic with bananas Foster, is acceptable aflame with acheronian rum. Rum that is 151-proof works best, but beryllium precise careful, arsenic it is highly flammable.
Assemble the charlotte the time before; adhd the meringue topping conscionable earlier serving.
From Real Entertaining columnist David Hagedorn.
measuring cup Servings: 12Ingredients
For the ladyfingers and filling
For the meringue
Nutritional Facts
Per serving
Calories
550
Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
12 g
Carbohydrates
71 g
Sodium
200 mg
Cholesterol
275 mg
Protein
10 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
48 g
This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.
From Real Entertaining columnist David Hagedorn.
Tested by David Hagedorn.
Published October 26, 2010
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Updated March 13, 2026












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