This vegan banoffee pie is no-bake, raw vegan, super easy and fun!
This is what you make when you want to please EVERYONE, it’s gluten-free, refined sugar free and raw. All this and it’s super delicious too!
In fact if you want to keep its extreme dietary friendliness to yourself you can do that too! No one will even know.
It’s super sweet, super creamy and as decadent as a dessert can be.
This recipe is actually just 6-ingredients. Can you believe it? It’s just so easy.
The crust is just walnuts and dates, the filling is dates, coconut cream and almond butter and it’s topped with whipped coconut cream and sliced banana.
You will love this vegan banoffee pie, it is:
- Insanely delicious
- Creamy
- Caramel and Banana together (it doesn’t get better than that!)
- Raw
- Gluten-free
Note: even though I recommend you brush your bananas with lemon juice to avoid discoloration, this is still a super fresh easily oxidized ingredient, so this is not a pie that keeps for days on end. So eat it up quick!
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No-Bake Vegan Banoffee Pie
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 10
Description
Insanely delicious no-bake vegan banoffee pie with a walnut date crust, date caramel center and whipped coconut cream topping, with loads of sliced banana of course!
Ingredients
- For the Crust:
- 2 cups (~200g) Walnuts
- 1 cup (175g) Pitted Dates (packed)
- For the Filling:
- 2 cups (350g) Soft Dates (pitted)
- 1 cup Coconut Cream
- 1/4 cup Almond Butter
- For the Topping:
- 3 Bananas (sliced)
- Whipped Coconut Cream
- Vegan Dark Chocolate or Raw Chocolate (grated)
Instructions
- Add the walnuts and pitted dates to the food processor and process. It will first be crumbly and then gradually will become doughy and start to stick together as the nuts release their oils. Process until it reaches this sticky dough stage. Transfer to a pie dish and press down firmly, working it up along the sides a little bit. Place into the freezer to set while you make the filling.
- To make the date caramel a bit easier, first microwave your dates for 30 seconds, this will soften them up and make them easier to process. If you don’t have a microwave you can skip this step but it will just take a little longer.
- Add the dates to the food processor and process. It will first form a giant ball of toffee and then will gradually break up and stick to the sides of the food processor. Keep processing, until the giant ball is mostly broken up. Heat the coconut cream in the microwave for 30 seconds and then add gradually while the food processor is running. If you don’t need the full cup, then don’t use it all. You are going for a very creamy date caramel texture here. Thick is good, but you want it to be smooth and creamy. Add in the almond butter and process until well mixed in.
- Spread the date caramel filling out over the walnut/date crust and smooth it out. Return to the freezer to set.
- To make your whipped cream, you need to have had a can of coconut cream chilling in the fridge overnight at least. Remove the chilled can from the fridge, being careful not to shake it. Open it and you’ll see the cream has risen to the top, leaving the watery part behind. Scoop out only this cream section into the bowl of an electric mixer. Start at slow speed and then gradually increase speed until the cream is whipped.
- Slice your bananas and then lightly brush them with freshly squeezed lemon juice to avoid discoloration. Spread a layer of banana on top of the caramel layer. Then spread your whipped cream on top and then add the rest of the sliced banana and finish off with some grated dark chocolate.
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Vegan, Raw, Gluten-Free
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice (of 10)
- Calories: 485
- Sugar: 39.3g
- Sodium: 36mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Carbohydrates: 53.4g
- Fiber: 6.9g
- Protein: 7.6g
I haven’t made a lot of vegan desserts before and wasn’t really sure what to expect, and I was so surprised with how well the toffee layer turned out. The whole thing is delicious!
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So glad it was a good surprise! Thanks so much for the wonderful review!
Delicious. I topped mine with cinnamon and shredded unsweetened coconut. Next time I’m going to use cocowhip and fold bananas into the date caramel filling.
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I’m a New Yorker who had the pleasure of experiencing Banoffee Cream Pie in London. Having recently transitioned to veganisum, I thought that is the end of my favorite British dessert, then came you!! Need I say more? Yes, thank you!!!
Awesome Cynthia, so happy to help! 🙂
Hi Alison- i live in Spain & can’t get hold of almond butter— is there an alternative— like can I use vegan butter with added almonds ?
Hi Nikki, you can use an alternative nut butter like peanut butter. Or if you were inspired to make it yourself, we do have a recipe for homemade almond butter. 🙂
Thanks !! Just need to find the coconut cream & i’m all set… I’ll let you know how it works out. I used to love banoffee before going vegan so can’t wait to try it.
This is a really silly question, I don’t have a processor, would a blender or electric mixer work for the walnuts and dates?
Hi Victoria, not a silly question at all. If you have a powerful blender like a vitamix then it may be up to the task, if not though then it will be much harder to process nuts and dates in a blender than a food processor. An electric mixer would not manage at all. Hope this helps! 🙂
Thank you so much for the response.
This recipe was superb. I made it yesterday for Christmas dessert and it went down a treat with the pre-vegan family.
I added a few spices to the base – cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. And threw some fresh berries on top.
I made big pie in a 13 inch pie dish (33cm) and just doubled the recipe which worked perfectly. I used 2 cans of coconut whipping cream for the topping. Thanks for the great recipe. I added a pic on instagram for you too. x
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Lovely thanks. I am so looking forward to making this. Vegan desserts go down so well with all the pre-vegans.
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They definitely do go down well! And I love the term pre-vegans. 🙂
Can I used whitworth’s chopped dates in this recipe? It’s all I have in the cupboards and I’m cravvvving this vegan deliciousness! Thanks 🙂
Hi Laura! I think that should be fine! I haven’t used this brand, but I don’t really see why it wouldn’t work!
Hi! Urgent question: I am making this recipe for Christmas day. What size pie tin is this recipe for please. (I might be blind but I could not see it anywhere). Thanks!
It’s 9 inches round. ?
I would use a small tetra box, (juice box) of unsweetened pineapple juice.
It is much better than the lemon juice, and they will still taste like bananas.
Works great in a fruit salad too. Then the juice works as a dressings as well.
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Could this be frozen ?
Hi Minnie, I don’t recommend freezing it, the banana slices get mushy after thawing.
Does this store in the freezer or in the fridge?
Fridge! 🙂
Best cake I’ve ever eaten. Really delicious. I added some bourbon vanilla and 3 drops of lemon essential oil for the topping cream. I also soaked bananas in lemon-turmeric juice to get them extra yellow color. Tip: cut bananas with plastic knife and they won’t turn brown.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing some great tips Eva! 🙂
Love the recipe. I find putting the bananas on the bottom first, caramel next , then cream topping sprinkled with grated chocolate works well for keeping better…it seems the banana is protected longer from oxidizing 🙂
It looks great. need to buy all the ingredients
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Hi.. loved it its sooo delicious ??
I have a question: can i replace the walnuts with almonds .. my sister is allergic to walnuts and i would like her to try it
Thanks
Yes sure – almonds would work. Macadamias even better, if she can eat those. 🙂
I used a pre-made pecan crust in mine and it was fantastic!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
How do I store the pie if I am making the night before and transporting in the morning?
Keep it in the fridge overnight and only add bananas right before you leave. Also put it in the fridge when you get where you’re going as well until it’s ready to be served.
Coconut cream. I know what coconut milk is, amd coconut water. What is coconut cream?
It’s like coconut milk, it’s just slightly richer. It’s usually next to the coconut milk in the supermarket.
Scrumptious! Just tooo decadent!
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