Yuletide Dessert
Yuletide Dessert is a festive, creamy treat featuring a crunchy vanilla wafer crust topped with a rich, whipped cocoa-flavored cream, chopped walnuts, mashed banana, and maraschino cherries. Perfect for holiday gatherings, it balances sweetness, texture, and flavor, making it an indulgent and visually appealing dessert for all ages.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix crushed vanilla wafers and 1/3 cup butter to make crumbs.
- Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of a pan; reserve 2 tablespoons of the crumbs for topping.
- Cream 1 1/2 cups butter and 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Spread the cream mixture over the crust.
- Whip 1 cup of cream with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Add 2 tablespoons cocoa, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, mashed banana, and maraschino cherries to the whipped cream and fold gently.
- Pile the whipped mixture on top of the crust.
- Scatter the reserved crumbs over the top.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
990
kcal
50% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).