Banana Splits

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Jan. 10, 2012

Ingredients

Bananas 4 Large
Heavy cream 3/4 Cup (12 tbs)
Vanilla 1/2 Teaspoon
Sugar 1 Teaspoon
Vanilla ice cream 1 1/4 Pint , frozen very hard (1 block)
For decoration
Chopped walnuts 1 Cup (16 tbs)
Chocolate flake bar 1 , cut into match stick lengths
Maraschino cherries 8 , well drained
Wafers 4 (fan shaped)

Directions

GETTING READY

1) Place 4 oval dishes in the freezer.

MAKING

2) In a bowl, whip the cream with the vanilla and sugar until in soft peaks form.

3) Put the mixture into a pastry bag with a star tip.

4) Prepare bananas. Peel and cut each one in half lengthwise.

5) Cut a slice off the block of ice cream and make it same length as the bananas. Cut the ice cream lengthwise into 4 even-sized pieces.

6) Put the ice cream in dish and then, half banana on both sides of ice cream.

7) Pipe cream on top of the ice cream.

8) Place walnuts on both sides of the ice cream and sprinkle chocolate flakes over the ice cream.

SERVING

9) Decorate each serving with 2 cherries and 1 fan wafer. Serve at once.

Recipe Summary

Difficulty Level: Easy
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 4

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 1037Calories from Fat 544

 % Daily Value*

Total Fat 61 g93.8%

Saturated Fat 26 g130%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol

Sodium 233 mg9.71%

Total Carbohydrates 114 g38%

Dietary Fiber 9 g36%

Sugars 76 g

Protein 15 g30%

Vitamin A % Vitamin C %

Calcium % Iron %

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet