banana bread with a creamy cheesecake filling 🍌🧀 — often called Banana Cream Cheese Stuffed Banana Bread. Here’s a full recipe to recreate it.
🍌 Cream Cheese Stuffed Banana Bread
Ingredients
Banana Bread Batter
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3 ripe bananas (mashed)
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1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter, melted
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3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
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1 large egg
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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1 1/2 cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
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1 tsp baking soda
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1/2 tsp salt
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1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional but great)
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2 tbsp milk or yogurt (for moisture)
Cream Cheese Filling
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8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup (50 g) sugar
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1 egg yolk
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1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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1 tbsp flour
Topping (optional)
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Banana slices
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Light sprinkle of brown sugar
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prepare the Oven
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Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
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Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan or line with parchment.
2. Make Banana Bread Batter
In a bowl mix:
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Mashed bananas + melted butter
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Add sugar, egg, and vanilla
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Stir until smooth
In another bowl combine:
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Flour
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Baking soda
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Salt
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Cinnamon
Add dry ingredients to wet and mix gently.
Stir in milk or yogurt.
3. Make Cream Cheese Filling
Beat together:
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Cream cheese
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Sugar
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Egg yolk
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Vanilla
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Flour
Mix until smooth and creamy.
4. Assemble
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Pour half the banana batter into the loaf pan.
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Spread all the cream cheese mixture on top.
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Pour remaining banana batter over it.
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Add banana slices on top.
5. Bake
Bake for 50–60 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean.
If the top browns too fast, cover loosely with foil.
6. Cool
Let the bread cool 20–30 minutes before slicing so the filling sets.
🍰 Tips for the Perfect Texture
✔ Use very ripe bananas (brown spots)
✔ Do not overmix the batter
✔ Chill the loaf 1 hour after baking for perfect slices
✅ Result:
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Moist banana bread
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Creamy cheesecake center
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Slightly caramelized banana top
If you’d like, I can also give you:
• The viral bakery version (extra gooey filling)
• A 10-minute blender version
• The Starbucks-style banana loaf recipe 🍞