No-Bake Banana Split Cake
No-Bake Banana Split Cake brings together all the favorite toppings you expect to find in a banana split: banana, pineapple, maraschino cherry, nuts, and whipped cream. The base is a no-bake, made from scratch, graham cracker crust covered with a sweetened cream cheese filling.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
For crust:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 cups approx. 14 full size cracker sheets or 1 1/2 packagesgraham cracker crumbs
For filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 20 ounces can crushed pineapple drain juice and reserve
- 4 bananas
For topping:
- 8 ounces frozen whipped topping thawed
- 1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chip morsels
- 16 ounces maraschino cherries drained
Instructions
- Melt butter and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir graham cracker crumbs into melted butter mixture.
- Press graham cracker crumb mixture into a 9x13 casserole dish that has been sprayed with a non-stick spray or coated with butter. Place in freezer for one hour.
- Beat together cream cheese, unmelted butter, and confectioners sugar until smooth and fluffy. Mix in vanilla extract.
- Slice bananas into reserved pineapple juice. Stir to coat each banana slice with juice. Set aside.
- Remove graham cracker crust from freezer. Spread cream cheese mixture over crust.
- Drain bananas from pineapple juice. Layer bananas evenly over cream cheese filling.
- Sprinkle crushed pineapple evenly over bananas. Top with whipped topping and spread evenly.
- Add chopped pecans, chocolate chips, and drained maraschino cherries on top of whipped cream. Chill thoroughly before serving.
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