BANANA PUDDING LUSH 'CAKE'

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Turn your favorite Southern dessert into a delectable 'cake' with this recipe for Banana Pudding Lush 'Cake.' Vanilla wafers, cream cheese, butter, sugar, pudding and more join forces for a lush-ious treat. Hint: use a 10-ounce jar of maraschino cherries for this Banana Pudding Lush 'Cake.'

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 4h20m

Yield 24 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 pkg. (11 oz.) vanilla wafers, finely crushed, divided
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3 cups plus 2 Tbsp. milk, divided
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (about 3 cups), thawed, divided
3 bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
24 maraschino cherries with stems, patted dry

Steps:

Reserve 1/4 cup wafer crumbs for later use.
Combine remaining wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Whisk cream cheese, sugar and 2 Tbsp. milk in medium bowl until blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with bananas.
Beat pudding mixes and remaining milk with whisk 2 min.; pour over bananas. Let stand 5 min. or until pudding is thickened. Cover with remaining COOL WHIP.
Refrigerate 4 hrs.
Sprinkle dessert with reserved wafer crumbs, then top with cherries just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 220, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Sodium 240 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0.6236 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 2 g