Banana Split or is it Banana Boat

As a child, when we holidayed abroad, I would always choose the same pudding in the restaurant at the beach. Without fail my mum would know what l would choose.......... a banana boat. Bananas are a favourite of mine so would be a no brainer, then there's the ice-cream, the wafer, the cream and a cherry on the top. It's a winner of a dessert with so much to it and l always felt like a winner having it, compared to my brothers 2 scoops of ice cream and a wafer. So fast forward 40 something years..... I have always called this dessert delight a banana boat (the fact it looks like a boat) when in fact it's apparently called a banana split! who knew! Ive been calling it the wrong thing all this time!

So I gave the boys a challenge to make their own banana boat and guess what ... they loved it!!

SO would you call it banana split or banana boat????

Banana Split/Banana Boat

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: None. Makes: As many as you would like.

Banana Boat

Ingredients

Bananas

3 scoops of ice cream of choice ( children chose chocolate and vanilla )

Squirty cream

Wafers

Cherries for decoration

Chocolate sauce

Hundreds and Thousands

Equipment

Banana boat dish

Ice cream scoop

Chopping board

Knife

Method

1. Slice the middle of the banana lengthways while in the skin, peel and place to the sides of the banana boat dish.

2. With your chosen ice cream flavours, place 3 scoops in the middle of the sliced banana balancing them on top.

3. Using the squirty cream, squirt in serials on top of each of the ice cream scoops and some in between.

4. Drizzle the chocolate sauce over diagonally.

5. Sprinkle the hundreds and thousands over the top of banana boat.

6. Place the cherries for decoration on top of the cream swirls.

7. Add the wafer.

8. Serve immediately.

9. Enjoy!.