
Easy Banana Pudding Layer Cake (Gluten Free + Vegan)

Fancy layer cake isn’t hard when you make it with broken cake in a mason jar! Learn how to make the easiest gluten free and vegan banana pudding layer cake (or trifle!). This cake method is versatile and can be used to make any flavour of cake. Why not try lemon raspberry as well! Let’s get baking!
Easy Banana Pudding Layer Cake
Hands up if your gluten free cake has broken on you while trying to do something with it 🙌😭
PRO TIP: broken gluten free cake makes the best deconstructed cakes! It absorbs the fillings much better than a sturdy cake, and it looks super fancy in a mason jar.
We like to call it deconstructed cake (it’s a bit more vogue, don’t you think). Deconstructed cake was born into our existence after a random catastrophe in our production kitchen where this huge sheet of layer cake just snapped in half as we tried to remove it from the pan. As we hate food waste, we threw the broken cake into the freezer until something inspired us to use it.
It then hit me: mini trifle! It’s the perfect way to use broken cake, especially if you layer it with awesome fillings!
In this recipe, we layer of banana cake made from Dolled Up Desserts Lady Banane muffin mix, our vegan buttercream (recipe is right here) and simple vegan banana pudding… for someone that’s not a banana fan, this layer cake is INCREDIBLY FLAVOURFUL! And requires no skill…. so why aren’t you baking yet?
As always, this cake is entirely gluten free and vegan as well as nut free (but you can also add walnuts to the layers, that would be LOVELY!). Remember to pick up the cake mix in our shop, as well as your icing essentials (soy isolate protein anyone!)
Prep Time | 20 Minutes |
Cook Time | 20 Minutes |
Passive Time | 20 Minutes |
Servings |
Mason Jars
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- 1 package Dolled Up Desserts Lady Banane Muffin Mix
- 1/2 cup Grapeseed/Canola/Sunflower Oil
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 4 Bananas, previously frozen
- 375 grams Non-Dairy Butter, at Room Temperature
- 350 grams Icing Sugar
- 15 grams Soy Islate Protein Powder
- 150 grams Non-Dairy Milk
- 1 Bananas, previously frozen
- 1 1/2 cups Non-Dairy Milk
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- 2 tbsp Corn Starch
Ingredients
Banana Cake
Icing
Banana Pudding
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- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line small cookie sheet with parchment paper or grease with a small amount of coconut oil.
- Prepare Lady Banane Muffin Mix as directed on package.
- Pour and evenly spread batter onto cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Prepare icing. Refer to our blog post to make the best vegan frosting (link is above).
- In a small sauce pan on high heat, whisk together the ingredients for the banana pudding.
- Once the pudding reaches a boil, let it boil until it thickens and drips slowly off your spatula. This is approximately 3-5 minutes.
- Once pudding and cake has cooled completely, assemble your cakes. Using your hands, crumble cake into tiny pieces.
- Fill a piping bag with frosting and pipe a single layer of frosting at the bottom of the jar.
- Spread 2-3 tbsp of pudding on top of the frosting.
- Crumble and press in a layer of cake. Repeat this layering process until the jar is filled.
- If desired, pipe frosting in a decorative manner on top of each jar and sprinkle with cinnamon.
STORAGE
Store cakes in their jars with the lid screwed on tightly in the fridge for 2 days or in the freezer for up to 6 weeks.