Banana-Pudding Cake

April Fools' Lasagna

Ingredients

• Box of instant vanilla pudding
• Loaf of pound cake
• 45 vanilla wafers
• 3/4 cup strawberry jam
• 5 Oreo cookies, crushed
• 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 banana, sliced
• 1/4 cup white chocolate, shaved
• 2 tablespoons mint, finely chopped

Preparation

1. Make the box of instant vanilla pudding, per box instructions.
2. Cut the loaf of pound cake into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
3. Arrange half of the slices in a 7-by-11-inch baking dish, then press 20 vanilla wafers into the cake.
4. Mix 3/4 cup strawberry jam with 5 crushed Oreo cookies and dollop half of the mixture over the wafers.
5. Sweeten the ricotta cheese with the 2 teaspoons sugar; dollop half over the jam.
6. Top with 1 sliced banana and half of the pudding.
7. Repeat with the remaining cake, 20 more wafers, the remaining jam and ricotta mixtures, another sliced banana and the remaining pudding.
8. Top with shaved white chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers and mint; chill.

From Food Network