Marie's Banana Cream Pie

Cream pies, fruit pies, meringue pies, they are all scrumptious but this pie with fresh ripe bananas, rich vanilla cream, fresh whipped cream is the tops

1. 1

   Mix in a sauce pan the sugar, cornflour, salt, evaporated milk and whole milk.
   Cook over a medium heat stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and boils for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and slowly pour half of the hot mixture in to the bowl of beaten eggs and stir until completely incorporated.
   Then pour the egg mixture in to the pan with the other half of the pudding mixture and continue to cook on medium heat until it reaches a boiling stage again, add the cream cheese and mix thoroughly (we use an electric hand mixer) it will dissolve the cream cheese better and make the pudding lighter and creamier.
   Remove from the heat and add the vanilla and butter keep using the hand mixer until all is blended. Let the pudding stand for 15 minutes but while still warm pour half of the pudding in the pie shell and layer with bananas then pour the remainder of pudding on top.
   When the pie is completely cooled top with fresh whipped cream and garnish with sliced almonds.
   
   For the whipped cream Pour the cream into a chilled glass or metal bowl and beat until soft peaks form, gradually add the icing/powder sugar until all has been blended and then add vanilla extract slowly until it has also been blended, the Mixture should have stiff peaks it is best that the whipped cream be put into a pastry bag and piped onto the pie.
   Serve and Enjoy!