Banana Bread is one of my favorite baking recipes for breakfast, afternoon tea or as a late night snack. It’s so good with a cup of tea or coffee; I could always have a slice or two of banana bread.
Now, what’s better than regular banana bread? Cheesecake Banana Bread. Yes, imagine extra layer of creamy cheesecake in the middle of the aromatic, moist and sweet banana bread. This is the holy grail of banana bread recipe!
This Cheesecake Banana Bread recipe is from Delish. As you can see from the pictures, it’s moist, loaded with bananas with a nice swirl of cream cheese “cheesecake” layer inside each piece of the banana bread. It’s so yummy!
How to Make Cream Cheese Banana Bread?
To create the cheesecake or cream cheese layer, you will need a Cream Cheese Filling with the following ingredients:
- Cream cheese
- Eggs
- Flour
- Sugar
To make the swirl, you want to layer the banana bread batter in the following order:
- First layer: Banana Bread Batter
- Second layer: Cream Cheese Filling
- Third layer: the remaining Banana Bread Batter
Voila, there you have it. This recipe is very simple, novice baker friendly and fail-proof. Try it and let the mouthwatering aroma of this Cheesecake Banana Bread fills the kitchen. Happy baking!
Serve Cheesecake Banana Bread With:
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How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 479 calories per serving.
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Cheesecake Banana Bread
Moist and sweet homemade banana bread with cream cheese cheesecake filling. This Cheesecake Banana Bread recipe is utterly rich and delicious. So good!
Ingredients
Banana Bread Batter
- 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the loaf pan (1 stick or 4 oz. butter)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the loaf pan
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, divided
- 3 ripe (480 g) bananas
Cream Cheese Filling
- 4 oz. (115 g) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C) and butter and flour a 9"-x-5" loaf pan. In a bowl, mash the bananas with a masher. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In another large bowl, combine 3/4 cup sugar, melted butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract, 1 egg and 1 egg yolk and mix until smooth. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients above and stir until combined, then fold in the mashed bananas.
- Make Cream Cheese Filling: In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1 egg, cream cheese, and 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Transfer half the batter to the loaf pan. Dollop the Cream Cheese Filling on top and smooth in an even layer with a spatula. Top with the remaining batter.
- Bake until deeply golden and a toothpick comes out clean, 1 hour. Let cool at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
Adapted from Delish.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size
6 peopleAmount Per Serving Calories 479Total Fat 23gSaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 117mgSodium 374mgCarbohydrates 61gFiber 2gSugar 37gProtein 6g
Jan
Can I use Chiquita banana bread mix, and if so, is there any other alterations I can/should make or add?
Rasa Malaysia
No please follow the recipe.
SharkCake
I have made this catastrophically incredible bread now over 20 times it freezes in individually wrapped plastic wrap and then in a freezer ziplock for daily gifts to self and friends yum yum it’s a super hit follow directions exactly enjoy and THANK YOU I use so many rasa Malaysia recipes- NEVER FAIL – all are out of this world!,,
Admin
Thanks for your support!
Dulcie
I skipped the buttermilk and baking soda (just didn’t have any) and used a teaspoon of baking powder. The instructions were spot on and my banana cheesecake was absolutely moist and delicious. I wish I could upload a picture. Thank you for the recipe.
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome!
Rochelle
Should this be stored in the fridge because of the cream cheese?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can store it.
Rebecca
May I know if we can substitute buttermilk with something like almond milk, normal milk etc?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes.
Mahy Elamin
Bee…YOU’RE the Bomb !!! This recipe is just AMAZING. I’ve always made banana bread for other’s, I was never a fan until NOW. THANK YOU! This IS THE MOST delicious, scrumptious banana bread recipe there ever was… YUM!
Carlette
Can this cheese cake banana bread be frozen?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can. Just heat up in a toaster oven before serving. Just wrap tightly and freeze.
monika
You provide alternate measurements for the other ingredients, but not the flour.
How many GRAMS of flour?
Rasa Malaysia
You can convert yourself here: https://rasamalaysia.com/conversion/