Banana Split

Name: Banana Split
Yield: Serves 2–4
Ingredients: bananas, sliced horizontally; 1 vanilla pod (bean), scraped; 4 strawberries; pinch of salt; 3 tablespoons maple syrup; 4 tablespoons cacao powder; 3 tablespoons plant milk of your choice (shop bought or home made, see recipe); 80 ml (2½ fl oz / ⅓ cup) coconut oil; 9 frozen bananas; coconut flakes; cherries; 2 tablespoons cacao powder

Preparation info

Serves
2–4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Happy Vegan Food

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2022

About

As a treat my mother used to take me to a very retro ice-cream parlour in Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, where I grew up until the age of 11. They served this huge banana split with cream, chocolate sauce and a cherry on top. I am nostalgic like that and this dessert encapsulates all of those memories.

Ingredients

9 frozen bananas
3 tablespoons plant milk of your choice (shop bought or home made, see recipe)
1

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Chocolate sauce

Start by making the chocolate sauce. Combine all the ingredients and gently heat through in a medium pan for about 5 minutes – make sure you don’t overheat as this will separate the sauce. Once well combined, pour into a glass jar and set aside.

Ice cream

Now make the ice cream. You have