Tomorrow is National Banana Split Day! To celebrate, I made this waffle cake. This is not a traditional banana split cake in that it is not made with ice cream. Instead, I used a Yonana maker to make a banana yogurt (although you could very easily substitute banana ice cream for the Yonana). Have you ever heard of Yonana? A friend of mine who works for Dole told me about this gadget a few months ago. Of course, I had to go and buy one. You simply freeze bananas, and then feed them into the Yonana maker. The result is a creamy, smooth, frozen yogurt-like consistency. The “yogurt” contains banana only – no added sugar, dairy, or anything else.
Waffles and ice cream is one of my all-time favorite combinations, but for this cake, I opted to substitute the ice cream with the frozen banana using the Yonana. The cake also contains sliced strawberries, sliced pineapple, chopped peanuts, and is topped with whipped cream a few blueberries, and cherries. Divine!
Note: I just read on Tastespotting that you can make one-ingredient banana ice cream with a food processor too!
Source: Waffle recipe adapted from Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook

Ingredients
Belgian waffles
- Flour , 1 3/4 cup
- Sugar , 4 tablespoons
- Baking Powder , 1 tablespoon
- Cocoa Powder , 1/4 cup
- Eggs , 2
- Milk , 1 3/4 cup
- Oil , 1/2 cup
- Vanilla , 1 teaspoon
For the Filling
- Frozen bananas , 6 to 8
- Fresh strawberries , 1 pint, sliced thinly
- Fresh pineapple , 1 cup, sliced thinly
For the Topping
- Blueberries , 1/4 cup
- Chopped nuts , 1/2 cup
- Marachino cherries
- Whipped cream
Instructions
To Make the Waffles
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Begin by heating your waffle iron
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Mix the dry ingredients together (flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder), make a well in the center, and set aside
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In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs, and then stir in the milk, oil, and vanilla
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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients all at once and stir only until incorporated (batter should be lumpy - do not overmix)
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Pour about 1 cup of batter into your preheated waffle iron and bake according to manufacturer's instructions.
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Please note that this recipe will make more waffles than are needed for the cake (about 6 total)
To make the Filling
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Using Yonana maker, make banana yogurt and set aside
Assembing the cake
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Place one waffle on a small cake round or plate, top with approximately 1 cup of banana yogurt followed by a layer of sliced strawberries
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Repeat this process by adding another waffle, topped with strawberries
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Finish the cake by topping with the last waffle, and adding sliced pineapple
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Add crushed nuts to the sides of the cake
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Cover the cake with plastic wrap and freeze until the banana yogurt sets, about 3 to 4 hours
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To serve, top with whipped cream, marrachino cherries, and blueberries
it was a very good waffle thing mom
I have never heard of Yonana before. Thank you for introducing me to this. And your cake looks delicious!
Thank you for your kind comment!
Looks delicious!!!!
Sowmya
http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/
It was good, Sowmya. I love the combination of waffles and ice cream and the banana was a healthier substitute.