Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Cream cheese banana bread fuses moist banana bread with a creamy cheesecake like filling swirled through each slice from the loaf. Easy, delicious and hard to stop eating!
For any cream cheese lovers this treat is for you. This cream cheese banana bread is a true gift of the flavors of bananas in each bite with a touch of cream cheese. Picture velvety cream cheese swirled through moist banana bread—a match made in dessert heaven.
The recipe is super simple, a beginner baker would have no problems with these step by step instructions. Grab some ripe bananas, and a loaf pan. I’ll list the rest of the ingredients below.
Cream cheese banana bread is a true treat. I’ll meet you in the kitchen.
How To Make Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Ingredients needed
- Banana
- Cream cheese
- All-purpose flour
- Butter
- Sour cream
- Baking soda
- Vanilla extract
- Granulated sugar
Making the cream cheese banana bread recipe, with tips
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and flour until smooth. Set to the side. Then, smash the bananas.
- Once smashed, add in the vanilla extract, egg, sugar and melted butter. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Combine the dry and wet ingredients.
- Now, in a line loaf pan, add half the banana bread batter in the pan. Then, drop dollops of half the cream cheese. Finish adding the rest of the banana bread batter on top then finish off with the remaining cream cheese mixture.
- Carefully, take a knife and make about 3 figure 8’s in the batter to swirl the cream cheese. You don’t want to do too much because you’ll begin to mix it.
- Place the loaf pan in the oven for 45-55 minutes. Test the cream cheese banana bread with a toothpick for doneness. The toothpick should come out clean and if you press the middle it should bounce back at you, not sink down.
- Remove the bread when finished and allow to cool before slicing, enjoy.
What to serve with cream cheese banana bread
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Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Equipment
- 8×4 loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup banana, mashed about 3-4 bananas, depending on size
- 4 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1.5 cup all-purpose flour 205g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Cream cheese swirl
- 2 ounce cream cheese
- 2 tablespoon sour cream
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and flour until smooth. Set to the side. Then, smash the bananas.
- Once smashed, add in the vanilla extract, egg, sugar and melted butter. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Combine the dry and wet ingredients.
- Now, in a line loaf pan, add half the banana bread batter in the pan. Then, drop dollops of half the cream cheese. Finish adding the rest of the banana bread batter on top then finish off with the remaining cream cheese mixture.
- Carefully, take a knife and make about 3 figure 8's in the batter to swirl the cream cheese. You don't want to do too much because you'll begin to mix it.
- Place the loaf pan in the oven for 45-55 minutes. Test the cream cheese banana bread with a toothpick for doneness. The toothpick should come out clean and if you press the middle it should bounce back at you, not sink down.
- Remove the bread when finished and allow to cool before slicing, enjoy.