Banoffee Pie (invented in a Sussex restaurant)

This banoffee pie (Rainbow Nourishments) is super-simple to make. With fresh bananas, vegan biscuits and melted vegan Flora (no palm oil).

To avoid palm oil, make your own pastry (keep fresh dough from children/pets). Read more on food safety for people and pets.

Banoffee pie is one of England’s favourite desserts (very rich, so only for those with a very sweet tooth). Made from bananas and toffee, it uses condensed milk in a pastry shell. Invented in a small East Sussex restaurant, it’s been around since the 70s.

There is a story that the restaurant was so popular due to this dessert, that celebrities would arrive after performing at a nearby theatre. One arrived and it had closed, and apparently asked ‘But don’t you know who I am?’ The restaurant politely said ‘Yes, but we close at 10!’

It is said that (along with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches), banoffee pie was the favourite dessert of Elvis Presley.