{"id":236,"slug":"banana-cream-i","title":"Banana Cream I","description":"Banana cream is a cream-based dessert. It is based on Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, which is public domain.","ingredients_raw":["3 medium-sized bananas or 2 large-sized bananas","½ US pint (240 ml / 1 cup) double cream","1.5 oz (43 g / ⅕ cup) caster sugar","0.75 oz (21 g) leaf gelatine","1 tbsp warm water","1 wineglassful (175 ml / 5.9 oz / ¾ cup) Benedictine or Maraschino liqueur","Pink food coloring"],"ingredients_norm":["sized bananas or large sized banana","us pint double cream","superfine sugar","leaf gelatine","warm water","wineglassful benedictine or maraschino liqueur","pink food coloring"],"steps":["Whip the cream in a mixing bowl until stiff peaks form.","Pass the bananas through a fine sieve in another bowl. Add the stiffly-whipped cream and the liqueur, and mix lightly together.","Dissolve the gelatine in the 1 tbsp warm water, stir in the sugar, and when sufficiently cool mix lightly with the cream mixture, adding food coloring drop by drop until a pale pink colour is obtained.","Pour into the prepared mould, and chill until set."],"categories":["Recipes for dessert","Public domain recipes","Recipes using banana","Recipes using whipped cream","Recipes using superfine sugar","Recipes using food coloring","Recipes using gelatin"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"6 servings","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Banana_Cream_I","source_ref":"4587465","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Banana_Cream_I&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5b6911aa64d61f8a3406d0bb1d25f82371410fbd68ff598aaf1c97073a9393c7","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/banana-cream-i"}