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Banana Toffee Cobbler (Easy Cake Mix Dessert)

Banana toffee cobbler with ice cream
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If you have ripe bananas and a box of yellow cake mix, you are most of the way to this cobbler. Sliced bananas are layered in a dish with a little caramel, covered with dry cake mix and butter, and finished with toffee bits. It bakes into a gooey, golden dessert that tastes like bananas Foster met a butter cake.

Banana toffee cobbler with ice cream

Why You’ll Love It

  • Five ingredients.
  • No mixer. Just layer and bake.
  • Uses up ripe bananas.

What You Need

  • 5 ripe bananas (sliced)
  • 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix
  • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 cup toffee bits
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Layering bananas and cake mix

How to Make Banana Toffee Cobbler

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13 dish.
  2. Spread the banana slices over the bottom.
  3. Drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the bananas.
  4. Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the top. Do not stir.
  5. Drizzle the melted butter all over the cake mix. Scatter the toffee bits and pecans on top.
  6. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden and bubbly at the edges. Cool 15 minutes.

Tips

  • Use bananas that are ripe but not black, so the slices hold their shape.
  • Cover as much of the dry mix with butter as you can. Dry patches stay powdery.
  • Serve warm. It firms up as it cools.

Serving and Storing

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Keep covered in the fridge for 3 days and warm before serving.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use another cake mix?

Yes. Butter pecan or spice cake mix are both good.

Where are toffee bits?

In the baking aisle next to the chocolate chips.

Can I make it ahead?

It is best the day it is baked, since bananas darken.

Banana toffee cobbler with ice cream

Banana Toffee Cobbler

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Ripe bananas baked under a buttery cake mix topping with toffee bits. Five ingredients, one dish, and wonderful warm with ice cream.

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 5 ripe bananas sliced
  • 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix
  • 3/4 cup butter melted
  • 1 cup toffee bits
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans optional

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9x13 dish.
  • Spread the banana slices over the bottom.
  • Drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the bananas.
  • Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the top. Do not stir.
  • Drizzle the melted butter all over the cake mix. Scatter the toffee bits and pecans on top.
  • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden and bubbly at the edges. Cool 15 minutes.

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Keyword banana dump cake, banana toffee cobbler, cake mix dessert, easy banana dessert

AboutReda

Reda grew up cooking beside his mom and sister and later worked in the family's donut shop. He runs It's Not About Nutrition, where slow cooker dinners and casseroles are his home ground.