Maggie's Banoffee Pie

 YUM! I made my own Banoffee Pie!

I've already made a total 5 pies just last weekend. As a matter of fact, it was my first time to bake a pie. I was very skeptical if I'd be able to produce a mouthwatering piece. And I guess my worry came from a fact that I didn't like cooking or baking before.

 I didn't like cooking because prep period was quite tedious and messy. I never thought I could survive the kitchen on my own. When our maid went on vacation this summer I was somehow "forced" to cook for the family. I am the only girl so it was quite a shame if I won't be of any help in the household. My mother wrote down some recipes I could follow so that after work (family business) I'd go straight home to cook for dinner. The first main dish I cooked was "Sinigang na Baboy". I wasn't confident with what I was doing so I just concentrated on the recipe and kept on tasting the dish. [I have good taste buds. Credits to being Kapampangan!] To everyone's surprise, I was able to make a good tasting sinigang. My father was very pleased cause he was the one who thought I didn't know any kitchen work. But I really knew how to cook at least the basics of cooking. It's just that I didn't like it before. After hearing the good comments from my relatives, I felt the urge to explore cooking and baking. 

Truly, a way to anyone's heart is through the stomach. :)

   I made three pies for the first batch. I gave one to Nani's Dad  as a birthday gift then I left the other two at home for my family. The pies only lasted for 2 days so I made another batch and I'm so happy my family loved them all!

The second batch was more of a personalized banoffee pie. I actually made a mistake of buying Evaporada instead of Condensed Milk so I wasn't able to create a toffee out of it. The label was Kremdensada so that sounded closer to Condensada than Evaporada Milk.. but I was wrong. Despite the mistake it still tasted good. I also melted marshmallows on top of the whipped cream since I love marshmallows. It was not a part of the regular recipe... but why not? LOVE MARSHMALLOWS!!!

I made the crust a bit chewy by adding cream to the crushed grahams. My mom liked crust that she ate it first before the filling.

:) I love Banoffee Pie... And I shared that love to my family. This was their first time to eat banoffee pie. As for me, I don't have to crave for Starbucks Banoffee pie since I can bake it on my own. Too bad I wasn't able to taste the last pie because my brothers didn't keep a slice for me. -_- I guess they're demanding for more pies this weekend. 

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Have a great week! ^__^