Have you ever heard of a Banana Cake Wrapper? Me neither, until now. Seriously this is a wrapper made from bananas, rice flour and water. That’s it. I found these wrappers at my favorite Asian Market in Orlando. I bought them because they reminded me of the Sesame Coconut Rice Bowl (a post I did a few weeks ago). I thought, how cool, maybe these will puff up into a nice bowl and I could fill it with fresh fruit. No, these did not puff up but they did soften up to the point that you can fill them with fruit and roll them up. The wrapper is pretty tasty and it does harden a little and become crunchy. You can really taste the bananas too and they add just a wee bit of sweetness.
These wrappers are really very interesting don’t you think? I love finding new food items to get creative with. Not that this recipe is all that creative but the wrappers are just so unusual. I couldn’t find anything on the Internet to show what they can be used for, only people asking what to do with them. No photos either. If anyone knows anything about them please let me know.
To start with I put them in the microwave for two minutes, big mistake. They completely burned up. I had to soak the plate to scrape them off. Next I micro-ed for 30 seconds and that did the trick. You can smell the aroma of the bananas and the wrapper becomes pliable. Fill it with your favorite fruits and you have a hearty, healthy snack or eat them for breakfast with a bit of fat free yogurt. Pretty cool.
Spring is here and there are a good number of fresh fruits available so I used what was in season and available to me locally. Mangoes (my favorite) raspberries, kiwi, pineapple, blackberries, watermelon and cantaloupe to name a few. No cherries just yet.
Yeah, it is Friday! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, get out there and enjoy the Spring!
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How did I miss this. It’s freaking incredible. I’ve never seen these before. I must find, I must make, I must eat.
These are fabulous my kids would love them! I am so on the look out for the banana wrappers next time I’m at the Asian Market! Have a fabulous weekend!
How fun are these wrappers!?! I need to take a trip to an Asian market.
I’m going to search these banana cake wrappers! Looks so beautiful especially when the light goes through…. such a beautiful photography too!
oh my, that is absolutely stunning! What a fantastic wrapper!
looks delicious Suzi, smart idea…
This is such a fantastic idea Suzi! I absolutely love that first picture.
Thanks you are sweet.
Oh my gosh I want those! How fun, where have they been hiding all my life? I may have to make the 40 minute trek up to the big International grocery store to find them (I’ve never seen them at any local Asian market by me). Great idea to do a fruit filling with them. I wonder how they’d be with a light honey or lime marscapone cream along with the fruit?
Wowwww Suzi..I never ever heard of Banana Cake wrapper..I am loving the idea! Great post and amazing photos..totally yummy!!!!
Aww thank you Sandra, you are a sweety. Interesting wrapper,eh and tastes like bananas. Hug!
These are so cool. How fun with all those tiny bananas all over. I’ve never heard of these either but I’ll do a search and check them out next time I’m at the Asian Market.
Glad I stopped by to check out your blog. Lots of great recipes and photos.
This looks amazing, Suzi! I’ve never heard of a banana cake wrapper, but love, love, love it. Wrapping it around fresh fruit is a wonderful idea!
I’ve never heard of a banana cake wrapper either. I’ll have to hunt them out here in Chicago.
That is a CRAZY idea! So crazy… it just might work! And you prove it does!
I love the little floral patterns it creates on the wrap! Such an interesting and unique idea!
You are funny Jeff. These wraps are really cool and you can actually taste the banana. Thanks for stopping by.
I live in an Asian community area, but I have never seen such a thing.
I haven’t have any luck with rice wrappers, showed it to my chinese game buddy, she said I can get it from TNT market. Its so close to my house but I never go that side. Seems like now I have to visit someday.
You are great with your food creativity. This is a good find. Have a wonderful weekend my friend.
Wow, I’ve never seen such a thing…but those banana cake wrappers are just gorgeous! What beautiful presentation filled with fruit. Love this, Suzi :)
I love going to that market, Liz. They have the most unual things there. Once I bought a bitter melon, it was scary looking. By the time I found out how to prepare it, it had gone bad. Everytime I go, there is always something new that I have never seen or heard of before. I love to go there , maybe this week. Hope you are having a great weekend.
I love the banana wrapper, what a creative idea! This treat looks gorgeous, and delicious:-) Hugs, Terra
Thanks Terra, this wrapper is very interesting and tastes like banana. Hug back to you and I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend.
Wow, that’s a new one – that wrapper is so cool… I’ve never seen such a thing. I’m always amazed when I see such things… what will they think of next?!
I’ll have a look for these… might have to see if I can order them online somewhere… what a fun looking dish and I bet they went perfectly with the lovely fruit!
Those wrappers are absolutely beautiful!! I’ve never seen them before and must look out for them!
You could layer them to make a crepe cake!
These look simply gorgeous! I love banana anything so I must keep an eye out for it :D
Great fruit roll up idea :)
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i have never seen those before, but they look really neat! awesome idea!
Yes, the are really unusual. I have also seen black sesame wrappers, haven’t tried those yet.
Suzi, thanks for the introduction to this interesting product. Looking forward to trying it. I love your gorgeous fruit salad to go!
Thanks for stopping by Hester and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
OMG. These look amazing. I wish I had a place where I could access these types of foods!
Hey Jen, I have to drive about 35 miles into Orlando to go to this market, so I go about once a month. Where do you live?? Have a wonderful weekend.
I’m in the middle of nowhere Texas. And you live where I dream to live!
Wow!!! Those are so cool! I’ve never seen anything like them. I can just imagine how tasty these are rolled in the banana wrapper. I HAVE to find these!!
Hi lacy, I am wondering if these are just a fuke but I don’t think so. Actually they are a product of Thailand. Have a great w eekend.
Banana cake , yes ! Wrapper ? Just now ! hahahaha And it looks gorgeous with that fresh fruit filling !
You are funny Anne. Thanks the wrappers are quite unusual.
This is probably the most unusual thing I have seen all day. Love the wrappers, I do need to spend more time in the Asian market-I am missing all the cool stuff there. Your decision of filling with fruit was perfect. Delicious post. Have a great weekend!
Thanks Tina. The Asian market that I go to has so many different varieties of product, I love browsing and they have baby bok choy which is delicious. Have a nice weekend.
What a beautiful idea!! I have never seen anything like this… it looks amazing. I love all that fresh fruit too… I could dive right in! Have a great weekend my friend!! ~ Ramona :)
Thanks Ramona I hope you have a lovely weekend as well. Talk to you soon.
This is so cool! My first thought when I saw it was Nutella. What a cool dessert you could make with it!
Hi Laura, what else do you think you could do with these wrappers? I thought of leaving them flat or you could crumble them into something.