april fools: faux lasagna

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Rumford, ME
Updated on Mar 29, 2014

My son when he was 3 thought this was dinner. He got mad at me when I took it away from him. When I got married, I played the joke on my husband. He told me that I forgot to cook dinner and I started laughing.

prep time
cook time 30 Min
method Refrigerate/Freeze
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • LASAGNA
  • 1 box instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 - loaf of pound cake
  • 40 - vanilla wafers
  • TOMATO SAUCE
  • 3/4 cup strawberry jam
  • 5 - crushed oreo cookies
  • CHEESE
  • 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • FRUIT
  • 2 - bananas
  • MISC
  • - shaved white chocolate
  • - mint, dried

How To Make april fools: faux lasagna

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

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