My colleagues and I were in the process of preparing for our fundraising luncheon at work when Gwen who is famous for her cheese cakes lamented about what to do with her extra cheese cake filling.
I was in the process of making my banana bread and suggested that I could add the filling to one of the banana breads. Her response was, ‘really Shaw.’ I confidently said yes, but of course I had no clue if it would be a hit or a miss but was not timid about trying.
What was there to lose? So that’s what we did; we added a healthy layer of cheese cake filling to one of my banana breads and watched and waited for an epic failure or success.
Not!!! It was the best banana bread addition to the family. We could not get enough. We practically polished it off while it was hot. The cream cheese banana bread was super moist, and melted away in our mouth and left us wanting more.
Honestly I thought it would be okay but had no idea it would be this great. But don’t take my word for it. Make it, taste it and tell me about your experience. Was it orgasmic for you? I would love to know.
PS… if you have left over batter, bake some cupcakes. They are just as delicious!
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 oz melted butter
- 1 tablespoon almond essence
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 box Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 9 x 14 loaf tin
Instructions
- Add bananas, eggs, melted butter, sugar and almond essence to blender
- Pulse for 1 minute; just enough lightly mix ingredients
- Mix baking soda and powder with flour
- Create a well in flour and mix in wet ingredients (do not over beat)
- Whip room temperature cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla
- Add 3/4 of the batter to baking tin
- Add 3/4 of the cream cheese mixture to the baking tin
- Add the last 1/4 cup of the banana bread batter to cover cream cheese
- Bake for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees
Shelley