Chocolate Banana Charlotte

Name: Chocolate Banana Charlotte
Yield: Serves 10–12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Chocolate Velvet Mousse, made with rum; 2 cups heavy cream; 8-inch springform or cheesecake pan with removable bottom, lined, bottom and sides, with Ladyfingers; Chocolate Velvet Mousse, made with rum; 1½ ripe bananas; 8-inch springform or cheesecake pan with removable bottom, lined, bottom and sides, with Ladyfingers; ⅓ cup plus 2–3 tablespoons sugar; 2½ tablespoons dark rum; Chocolate shavings (optional); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Bright colored ribbon (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cocolat

By Alice Medrich

Published 1990

About

Don’t pass up this recipe because you dread the usually fussy and time-consuming task of lining a mold with ladyfingers. The professional trick of making them in one continuous strip reduces the task to childs play.

Ingredients

⅓ cup plus 2–3 tablespoons sugar
2½ tablespoons dark rum

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake
Gluten-free

Method

Combine ⅓ cup sugar and 3 tablespoons cold water in a very small saucepan. Simmer, covered, for 1–2 minutes, to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool. Stir in rum; set aside.
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