Banana Nut Cheesecake
Creamy banana cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust, studded with chopped walnuts and drizzled with melted milk chocolate. A banana split in cheesecake form. Serves 10.
YIELD
10 servingsPREP
40 minCOOK
50 minREADY
90 minThink of this as a banana split that went to finishing school.
A chocolate wafer crust forms the base. The filling is a classic cream cheese and egg batter with mashed ripe banana blended in for that unmistakable flavor, plus chopped walnuts folded through for crunch.
After baking, melted milk chocolate gets drizzled across the top in glossy ribbons. Banana, chocolate, nuts, and cream cheese all in one slice.
Chef Tips
- Bring cream cheese fully to room temperature before beating. Cold cream cheese leaves lumps that won’t smooth out
- Add eggs one at a time and mix just until incorporated. Overbeating adds air bubbles that cause cracking
- Loosen the cake from the springform rim while it’s still warm, but let it cool completely before removing
- Drizzle the chocolate in thin lines using a fork or a squeeze bottle for the cleanest presentation
Ingredients
Directions
Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350℉ (180℃)., 10 minutes. Combine cream cheese, sugar andbanana, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in walnuts, pour over crust.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F., 40 minutes. Loosen cake from rim;cool before removing rim pf pan. Melt chocolate pieces and margarine with water over low heat, stirring until smooth. Drizzle over cheesecake. Chill.
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