Cheesecake Banana Bread

 

Ingredients:

(A)  Banana Bread Batter

1/2 cup melted unsalted butter

1 cup plain flour (sifted)

3 tsp. baking powder (sifted)

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/4 cup buttermilk

2 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, divided

4 ripe medium bananas

(B)  Cream Cheese Filling

115 g. cream cheese (softened at room temperature)

2 tbsp. plain flour (sifted)

1 1/2 tbsp. caster sugar

Methods:

1. In a bowl, mash bananas with a fork and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt; mix with a spoon and set aside.
3. In another large bowl, combine caster sugar, melted butter, buttermilk, 1 egg and 1 egg yolk; and mix with a whisk until smooth.  Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients in (2) and stir with a spatula 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, 2 tablespoons of plain flour and 1 1/2 tablespoons of caster sugar.
5. Brush butter and sprinkle flour in a 9"x5" loaf pan.
6. 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.
7. Bake in a preheated oven of 176 degree Celsius until deeply golden and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
8. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes; turn out onto a wire rack; slice and serve!

I adapted this recipe from 'rasamalaysia.com' with some adjustments to suit my baking preference.