How to Make a Banana Split

Essay on a banana split

Consuming branded food is unwise-much of the cost goes into the advertising for the brand. Especially for ice-cream, half the tub is air, and the other half is syrup and ice. It is not worth paying so much for the confection. There is an ice-cream that is easy to make yet so irresistible to the taste buds, better known as banana split. The specialty of this ice-cream? The banana.

This cold dessert requires a banana, two or three scoops of ice cream of varying flavours like vanilla, strawberry and chocolate, a dollop of your favorite dressing, whipped cream, nuts and cherries. These are all you need to get to saccharine heaven! To start off, peel your banana, and slice it lengthwise. Then, take a boat (a bowl that is thin at the width and long lengthwise).

Take two or three scoops and line them on the bowl. Drizzle your dressing over them. This dressing adds flavor and colour, and acts as an adhesive to hold everything together. Usually, pineapple is added over the strawberry ice-cream, chocolate syrup over the vanilla and strawberry over the chocolate. However, this dish is yours to make so you customize it your way. Now, your banana split base is done.

Take a half of a banana and place it at the side of the bowl, beside your scoops of ice cream. Tuck them in nicely to add shape. If you want, you may add nuts or any other crunchy toppings to your ice cream to add dimension to its taste. Right now you should have a colourful, messy yet compact dish on the bowl. For the final part, go crazy with the whipped cream and lash it on top of the ice-cream. Then place a cherry or two on top of the whipped cream. Take a step back, and marvel at the cream of the ice-cream crop- the banana split.