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:

For a complete afternoon tea party, please make the following:

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 479 calories per serving.

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Yield: 6 people

Cheesecake Banana Bread

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Moist and sweet homemade banana bread with cream cheese cheesecake filling. This Cheesecake Banana Bread recipe is utterly rich and delicious. So good!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

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

1. 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.
   
2. In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. 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.
4. Make Cream Cheese Filling: In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1 egg, cream cheese, and 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons sugar.
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 479Total Fat 23gSaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 117mgSodium 374mgCarbohydrates 61gFiber 2gSugar 37gProtein 6g