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Bananas Foster Ice Cream

July 22, 2013 by Audra 26 Comments

Bananas Foster Ice Cream is a creamy, dreamy summer treat that tastes just like the famous dessert- full of buttery bananas, cinnamon and rum!

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For as long as I can remember Bananas Foster has been one of my all time favorite desserts. I first tried it in high school as a sauce poured over vanilla ice cream. I fell in love and have been finding ways to recreate those wonderful flavors ever since. In the early days of my blog I made Bananas Foster Blondies, and last year these Bananas Foster Pancakes became my new favorite breakfast!

Still, the delicious sauce made from butter, brown sugar, bananas and rum is my favorite served over vanilla ice cream. It was only a matter of time before I’d try to merge the sauce/base concept into one- creating a delicious, creamy ice cream that is full of my favorite flavors.

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The best discovery I made while working on this recipe was a fabulous custard base, which is creamier than any I’ve made, and has become my new favorite spring board for future ice cream flavors. Half of the bananas foster was blended into that to create a strong base ice cream, with the rest swirled in, giving each bite a full blast of foster-y goodness.

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Traditional Bananas Foster uses dark rum to create the perfect flavor, and you can get away with using a little of that in this recipe and still allowing your ice cream to freeze. Since you won’t find much booze in my kitchen these days, I used rum extract. (Though I would have felt OK using the small amount of rum since it gets cooked down a bit with the bananas.) Either option or a mix of both would work just fine.

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Bananas Foster Ice Cream
Yield: 1 quart
 
Ingredients
For the Custard:
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 3 cups half-and-half cream
  • 8 egg yolks
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
For the Bananas Foster
  • ¼ cup butter (half stick)
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 ripe bananas, sliced
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1½ tablespoons dark rum, OR 1½ teaspoons rum extract
Instructions
  1. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the cream and half and half heating until just simmering, stirring frequently. Turn the heat down to low.
  2. Whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until thoroughly combined.
  3. Slowly and carefully pour about ½ cup of the cream mixture into the egg yolk mixture with one hand, while whisking constantly with the other. Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining hot cream, and whisk constantly over medium-low heat until the mixture thickens and will coat the back of a spoon, 5 to 8 minutes. Do not let mixture boil.
  4. Pour the custard base into a bowl and allow to cool while you prepare the bananas.
  5. In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the brown sugar and whisk together until the sugar as dissolved into the butter.
  6. Add the bananas, stirring to coat them in the butter/sugar mixture. Reduce heat to medium and cook for about 5 minutes, until bananas are tender. Add the rum and cinnamon and stir well, simmering for an additional 2 minutes.
  7. Add half of the banana mixture to the custard base, using an immersion blender right in the bowl to pureé until smooth. (You can also carefully pour the custard and bananas into a regular blender and pureé that way.)
  8. Cover the custard mixture and chill in the fridge for 6-8 hours or overnight.
  9. Use a wooden spoon to slightly break the remaining banana pieces up, and store them in the fridge until after you churn your ice cream.
  10. When the custard is chilled- churn it according to your ice cream maker's instructions and layer it with the remaining banana mixture in your container. Freeze for a few hours to firm it up.
Notes
Custard base adapted from: All Recipes
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  1. Tracey says

    July 22, 2013 at 6:48 am

    What a genius idea, I’ve never seen bananas foster ice cream anywhere! I will definitely be trying this before summer is over :)

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  2. Marnely Rodriguez Murray says

    July 22, 2013 at 6:55 am

    Oh I am a Bananas Foster LOVER and love that you mixed some into the base and then folded the rest – extra flavor!

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  3. Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says

    July 22, 2013 at 8:31 am

    My husband would absolutely love this!! Love the styling too ;)

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  4. Sophie says

    July 22, 2013 at 9:10 am

    OH my gosh, yum.

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  5. Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:04 am

    Oh my yum! I’m actually allergic to bananas but the sound of adding brown sugar, cinnamon and rum alone to my ice cream sounds magical.

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  6. Rebecca {Foodie with Family} says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Oh Audra. This looks decadently fabulous. If you lived any closer I’d beat down your apartment door for a bowl of this!

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  7. Elisa @ Insalata di Sillabe says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:57 am

    Looks delicious! Believe me or not, I’ve never heard of bananas foster dessert before! Now you made me curious so I can’t wait to try the classic version out as well as this one :)

    xo, Elisa

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  8. Mimi @ Culinary Couture says

    July 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    That second picture is gold! I’ve never tried banana foster but based on it’s ingredients, I imagine that I would love it!

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  9. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says

    July 22, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Boozy ice cream?! Where do I sign up?!

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  10. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    July 22, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    What a delicious, summer flavor for ice cream! Oh, what I wouldn’t do for one of those cones right now…

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  11. Kelli @ The Corner Kitchen says

    July 22, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    This ice cream is calling my name! What an amazing ice cream combo!

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  12. katie says

    July 22, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    yum! bananas fosters ice cream… who would have thought to create such an awesome flavor! Must try soon! Thanks again for participating this week in Frozen Treat week!

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  13. Faith (An Edible Mosaic) says

    July 22, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    What a fun ice cream flavor! It sounds absolutely perfect and your photos are GORGEOUS!!

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  14. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugark says

    July 22, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    This sounds positively dreamy!! Love bananas foster ANYTHING!

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  15. DessertForTwo says

    July 22, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    You just froze one of my favorite desserts. And I love you for it :)

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  16. Joanne says

    July 23, 2013 at 7:39 am

    I haven’t had bananas foster since I turned it into banana bread last year and so I think I’m long overdue for a revival! This ice cream sounds AMAZING.

    Reply
  17. Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says

    July 23, 2013 at 8:12 am

    I used to work in a place that fired Bananas Foster tableside. OMG it was soooooo good. I’m totally making this! I haven’t had Bananas Foster in forever! And stuffing all that flavor into ice cream was pretty genius I gotta say.

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  18. Samantha says

    July 23, 2013 at 9:11 am

    What a wonderful ice cream flavor. I love the cones, too. They add such a nice crunch to ice cream.

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  19. Nessa says

    July 24, 2013 at 8:08 am

    This is dreamy!

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  20. Kate | Food Babbles says

    July 24, 2013 at 11:46 am

    I loooove bananas foster and this ice cream sounds like it perfectly captures the wonderful flavor of classic bananas foster. I will definitely be giving this a try.

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  21. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    July 24, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    This ice cream sounds like a dream come true. I love all of the banana love.

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  22. Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says

    July 25, 2013 at 8:28 am

    What pretty pictures!!

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  23. Nutmeg Nanny says

    July 26, 2013 at 1:53 am

    I will pay you a million trillion dollars if you bring this to BSP :) *I don’t really have a million trillion dollars so if you bring me some ice cream please don’t hold me to the money part…

    Reply
  24. Caroline @ chocolate & carrots says

    July 26, 2013 at 7:48 am

    Oh wow! Amazingly creamy ice cream! I can’t wait to try that!

    Reply
  25. Scotty says

    October 3, 2013 at 9:24 pm

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  26. Nancy says

    May 21, 2014 at 1:27 am

    This banana fosters ice cream sounds absolutely yummy. Can’t wait to try. Is there a functional reason you didn’t add vanilla extract, or just taste preference?

    Reply

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