Chocolate, Almond, and Banana Parfaits
Elegant layered dessert parfaits featuring angel food cake, fresh bananas, and a rich mascarpone cream flavored with amaretto, all drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with toasted almonds.
Ingredients
- •½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- •6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- •¾ cup mascarpone cheese
- •3 tablespoons amaretto
- •2 tablespoons sugar
- •8 slices angel food cake
- •24 slices banana
- •⅓ cup sliced almonds
- •toasted
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat chocolate chips and 4 tablespoons cream in microwave in 1-cup glass measuring cup at 50 percent power just until chocolate is melted, about 30 to 35 seconds. Stir to blend; cool chocolate sauce to lukewarm. Whisk mascarpone, amaretto, sugar, and remaining 2 tablespoons cream in medium bowl until blended and mixture just starts to thicken.
5 min
- 2.
Using 2 1/2-inch-diameter cookie cutter, cut out round from each angel food cake slice. Place 1 cake round in each of 4 wine goblets or old-fashioned glasses. Top each cake round with 3 banana slices, 1 heaping tablespoon mascarpone mixture, bittersweet chocolate sauce, and sprinkling of almonds. Repeat parfait layering 1 more time and serve.
10 min
