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Things I Am Going Crazy For Lately.
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Oh man, oh man. OH MAN.
Two of those “oh mans” are clearly for this tart, but the third oh man is for the night I’ve had. I guess we will start with the third oh man and save the good stuff for the end.
To make a long, and honestly very tiring story, short, I have had the family cat at my house for a day, and well, now he is currently stuck between my walls. He is totally fine (really, I promise he is fine, animals lovers don’t be scared, he is comfortable and hasn’t been there long, he’s just chillin’ and I’m sure will be out soon!) and even seems happy, but we have yet to force him up and out of the wall. See, I have this giant rectangular opening in my wall that I am still trying to decide how exactly to fill. It used to be a window into one of the horse stalls, but when we built the mechanical room for the furnace in the stall next to it, the window got covered with drywall. My brothers say I should put a TV there, and I probably will, but for right now, it’s just a hole between the logs and the drywall. Kind of hard to picture I guess. But yeah, my little sister’s cat is down there.
He is down just a little too far for any of us to reach and grab him, but he can totally jump to our hands if he tried. We even hung a towel down there that he can easily climb up. Heck the cat crawls around the log support beams near the ceiling in my parents house. The thing is, he will not come out. I don’t think he likes that we brought him down here at all. He is freaking STUBBORN. We really do not know what his deal is, but he just will not jump up. It’s beyond annoying and we know he is totally fine since we have seen him move around. So we are hoping that he will climb out on his own…cause ahh, if he doesn’t, I am going to have to tear into my walls, and I really, really do not want to do that.
Also, I think it’s pretty clear, I should probably never, ever, own a pet. I mean, I had the thing less than twelve hours!! Double also, “the thing”? YIKES. So much for the dog I really wanted.
Ok, but the rest of the “oh mans” are all about good, good stuff!!
Chocolate banana stuff! yes!
I made the classic British Banoffee tart, but with my own little chocolate twist because it seemed to me like the traditional Banoffee tart really needed the addition of chocolate. You know?
So I added a pretty thick layer of chocolate silk. AKA french silk pie filling. AKA the best thing ever. Especially when Dulce De Leche, bananas and coconut cream are involved as well. I mean, wow, doesn’t that sound so good? If you are not a coconut fan, just swap the coconut cream for regular cream, but I just love the coconut flavors with the Dulce De Leche and bananas. It’s semi light and semi tropical too!
I made the crust with Nilla Wafers, a touch of honey and some shredded coconut. Again, it’s sort of tropical, which at the moment, I am loving. The snow is currently falling at a steady, hard pace, and while it is so pretty, I am still finding myself huddled by my heater and dreaming of palm trees and beautiful clear blue water…but aren’t we all?
Ahh yeah. Thinking so.
That’s why this tart is perfect. It’s gonna make us all happy this weekend (bonus points – this pie is no bake and pretty stinkin’ easy to put together). No matter what’s going on outside. Chocolate will always come to the rescue!
Oh umm, too bad this tart can’t rescue the cat. That’d be nice…
I’ll be sure to update you guys once he is out, which will be soon because I can’t take having him in my wall anymore. It’s weird. But for now, we can all eat Chocolate Coconut French Silk Banoffee Tart, and have a very happy Friday?
Who am I kidding, I can’t eat tart with the cat stuck in there! Please Nikolai – come out soon!!!
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UPDATE – 5 minutes after I finished the post look who came up to me! Tart time!
Oh man!! I grew up on Banoffee Pie back home and it tastes insanely good. Love this..hope kitty gets out safely 🙂
Oh yum! Between this recipe and the banoffee cupcakes from SORTED Food (a really entertaining set of British YouTubers), I think it’s time I made something banoffee-flavored.
You are constantly blowing my mind…this pie is everything!!
This pie is gorgeous, but I think you left out the sugar in the ingredients for the chocolate filling?
The can of dulce de leche has a lot of sugar so it probably doesn’t need more, but I’m wondering if the 5oz of chocolate is unsweetened or bittersweet, or? What’s your guess?
Yum!!
If I could be lured away, this would be my bait! This. Is. Serious.
I gave up sweets for dessert, and now I’m realizing just how much I love dessert. I don’t think I could stop myself from devouring this if was put in front of me!
TIEGHAN. THIS is amazing. Like…epic!
Put a rope down with several large knots, that way the cat can grab onto something, if that doesn’t work, tie a piece of sardine on the end of a string and hang it just at the edge of the top of the wall, it might be a nice perfume for your kitchen, or bait to get the cat out!
Haha, I would hate to have a cat in the wall. I am not too fond of them though so I would say it was his own fault to begin with. I am loving this tart. It pretty much has everything I enjoy in desserts.
Glad the cat finally decided to show his face! 😉 That is scary!!! My cat once got stuck between the mattress box spring cloth and the top? It’s hard to explain, but I was terrified (even though he was clearly not stuck, just liked it up there).
Beautiful, beautiful pictures!!
I have to make this soon! It looks delicious!!
Hope you get the cat out soon so you can enjoy this deliciousness without a guilty conscious 🙂
i CAN’T. EVEN. I JUST. CANT.
Wow!!! Amazing!! I can’t wait to make this for my family!
what type of dark chocolate did you use – bittersweet, unsweetened? Thanks