Banoffi pie
noun
a dessert of pastry filled with bananas and toffee, topped with whipped cream and often sprinkled with powdered coffee
word origin
ban(ana) + -offi (alteration of (c)offee) created by nigel mackenzie, owner of the hungry monk restaurant in suss-x uk, in 1972
usage note
cooking
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