It has a homemade graham cracker crust, delicious banana cream filling and topped with whipped cream. This Best Ever Banana Cream Pie is truly INCREDIBLE! It has a homemade graham cracker crust, delicious banana cream filling and topped with whipped cream. Just needs some pads of butter on the INSIDE before putting the crust. Banana-cream pie is a fixture of Los Angeles dining, Jennifer Steinhauer reported for The Times in 2007. In large part, it seems that both the banana, a staple fruit in many parts of the world, and the cream.

I'll admit, I’m not a fan of Twinkies. I used to like them when I was younger, but now I find them way too sweet with a weird aftertaste. And ironically, while I like eating bananas, I won’t go out of my way to eat banana-flavored desserts or snacks (I find the banana flavor too overpowering). So when I got my hands on the popular Tokyo Banana, I had doubts about whether I would like it.

Fast forward quickly to an empty box later, my verdict? But let's rewind first, and take a look at the packaging. Packaging: The box is nicely wrapped in a cute giraffe patterned wrapping paper with an actual sized depiction of the banana treat you are about to enjoy. Inside the box sit 12 Tokyo Bananas. Also inside was a pamphlet that had Tokyo Banana’s motto: “Walk straight. New commentary patch for cricket 07 game. Even if it’s slow, far, or in small steps walk to find happiness like the Tokyo Banana that became a giraffe.

Tokyo Banana: Banana Pudding Flavor. I found you!” Cute motto. But I have no clue what they're talking about. Each Tokyo Banana is individually packaged in clear plastic. The bow artwork perfectly aligned with the snack inside enhancing the cuteness of the snack.

Taste: As soon I opened the packaging, I caught a whiff of freshly made caramel. The snack itself has got a really cool giraffe pattern. The texture of the sponge cake is perfectly fluffy, delicate, and moist. It’s easy to hold and won’t break or crumble. Inside is a light caramel custard filling with a hint of banana flavoring. Everything is extremely well balanced with no one flavor overpowering the other. TLDR: I love it!

Tokyo Banana is way nicer than a Twinkie in looks, texture, and taste. The sponge cake, caramel custard, and banana flavors are all perfectly balanced in this little snack.

Save to Meal Plan Homemade Banana Cream Pie with no box-pudding mix. A delicious homemade custard filling that holds together perfectly, layered inside a nilla wafer crust. This banana cream pie recipe has been a long time coming. Over the years, I’ve tried so many recipes for it, trying to adapt them to my liking, but do you know what drives me nuts?

When the pudding/custard part of the pie falls apart as you serve it. The pie looks beautiful, until you start cutting and serving it, and you end up with a sloppy mess. Empire total war key code serial idm gratuity. The opposite is also a problem though. I had a piece of banana cream pie at a cafe recently and it held together perfectly, but the taste and texture was gelatin-like.

It was all hard and jiggly. You can’t add to much thickener, like cornstach, or this will happen. The key is to cook the custard perfectly, and thicken it just right, so that you end up somewhere in the middle of those two scenarios: the banana cream pie holds together well enough to serve it, but the custard is still creamy and soft.