Tropical Bread Pudding With Grilled Bananas & Rum Anglaise
"From The Food Network's Tricked Out Tailgating competition. This sounds so fabulous, I can't wait to try it!"
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 large loaf vanilla poundcake
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened, divided
- 8 teaspoons cinnamon
- 8 teaspoons nutmeg
- 1⁄2 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
- 4 bananas
- 1⁄2 orange, juice of
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons good quality rum
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 8 tablespoons toasted flaked coconut, for serving
directions
- Cut cake into toast-size slices; spread 1 side with softened butter and sprinkle each with one teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Lightly brown the buttered sides in a large skillet while preparing other sides the same way.
- After cooking both sides, remove toasted cake from skillet and place on a plate with about 1/3 cup melted vanilla ice cream, allowing cake to soak up the melted ice cream from the bottom.
- Peel bananas and set aside.
- In skillet over medium heat, melt 1 stick butter. Add orange juice and stir in brown sugar. Stir constantly over medium-low heat until mixture completely liquefies.
- Add bananas to coat, cooking for about 2 minutes. Remove bananas to grill and continue to cook until tender.
- Remove sauce from heat, add 2 tablespoons rum, and baste bananas with sauce while grilling. When bananas are cooked to your liking, return them to the skillet with the sauce. Slice as desired; diagonally works best.
- Stir the remainder of the ice cream into a bowl of whipped cream and add 1 tablespoon rum.
- Place a piece of cake on a dessert plate, cover with sliced grilled bananas, top with brown sugar sauce, and ladle vanilla rum sauce around the cake. Sprinkle with toasted coconut and serve.
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