Mile High Banana Cream Pie

This Mile High Banana Cream Pie  is what dessert dreams are made of. A luscious fluffy banana cream filling is layered with slices of fresh banana then assembled in a pre-baked pie shell and frosted with billows of whipped cream. The only hard part about this pie is waiting for it to set so you can cut a slice and eat. Trust me, it’ worth the wait.

I love banana pudding so banana cream pie is a given on my dessert menu. Funny enough, I can’t think of banana cream pie without thinking about Gilligan’s Island.  Mary Ann, the resident baker, seemed to always be baking making the best of the limited resources they had on the island. Banana cream and coconut cream pies became a childhood favorite of mine after watching the plethora of reruns of that show.  You’re now humming the theme song, right?  Sorry about that, it’s likely to be stuck in your head now, at least for today.  This is my tribute to banana cream pie and it’s luscious and gloriously simple to prepare.  It’s just never a disappointment.  Cover the top with a  mountain of banana slices then frost it with a fluffy cloud of whipped topping.  Don’t even bother to cut it, just put it in the middle of the table and pass out forks and napkins. Or spoons. Your choice.

You may also like: Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie, Banana Cream Fudge, Coconut Banana Cream Pie, No Bake Banana Cream Cheesecake and Skinny Banana Cream Pie Milkshake.