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White Chocolate Cheesecake Filled Banana Bread, classic banana bread is trasformed with a white chocolate cheesecake filled center and vanilla bean glaze!
Just imagine for a moment the best ever banana bread you have ever taste. It is moist, slightly sweet and bursting with banana flavor. Then imagine that banana bread with a luscious cheesecake filling, BAM! You get today’s recipe. swoon.
Ugh then add a hint of vanilla bean glaze and you are set! You have breakfast, snack and dessert all in one!
I’m not a novice banana bread maker, I have posted my fair share of them on this little blog of mine already. But, I have to be honest this one is just in another league! It’s that cheesecake, I admit it.
WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE!
Yes, I’m just a little obsessed, can you blame me?
White Chocolate Cheesecake Filled Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 Cups mashed bananas 4-5 bananas
- 1 stick 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
- ¾ Cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs room temp
- ½ Cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 Cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 Cup white chocolate chips
Cheesecake filling
- 8 oz cream cheese room temp
- 1/2 Cup melted white chocolate
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 2 teaspoons flour
Vanilla glaze
- 2 Cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 Tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the brown sugar and butter for about 3 minutes in a stand mixer or with hand mixer. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating them into the mixture. Add the sour cream, bananas and vanilla, beat for 1 minute. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. Using a large spoon or spatula, slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until no flour pockets remain but do not over mix. Fold in the white chocolate chips. Set aside.
Cheesecake filling
- Cream the cream cheese until smooth with a hand mixer. Add in the chocolate and throughly mix. Add in the remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Set aside.
Banana Bread Assembly
- Spoon half of the banana batter into 8x5 loaf pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Add in the cream cheese mixture, trying not to touch the sides. Spoon on the rest of the banana batter.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes, loosely covering the bread at the 30 minute mark with foil. This will make sure the bread doesn't get too dark. Bread is done when toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Take bread out of oven and let cool for 20 minutes on wired rack. Remove bread from pan and let cool completely.
Vanilla glaze
- While bread is cooling, make the vanilla glaze. Melt the butter in microwave safe bowl, add in the vanilla, powdered sugar and water. Stir to combine.
- When bread is completely cool, pour glaze over the top of the bread and let it run down the sides, make sure you have a pan underneath to catch any excess glaze. Serve and enjoy!
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YUM, I know this will be your new go-to banana bread recipe!! I hope you enjoy.
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