Banana Split Cheesecake
From foodygirl1979 13 years ago
- 1 hour to make
- Serves 10
I had a hankering for cheesecake and 2 very ripe bananas to use...this recipe was born! This is a very rich, creamy, sweet and dense cheesecake, not for the faint of heart.
Ingredients
- For the crust: shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups finely crushed graham crackers shopping list
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted shopping list
- For the filling: shopping list
- 3-8oz. packages of cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 cup sour cream shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 1 cup very ripe mashed banana (about 2 medium) shopping list
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips shopping list
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained, dried and chopped shopping list
- For the garnish: shopping list
- strawberry ice cream topping, as needed shopping list
- pineapple ice cream topping, as needed shopping list
- chocolate syrup, as needed shopping list
- whipped cream, as needed shopping list
- Additional maraschino cherries, optional shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 325 degrees.
- Wrap outside bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with foil and spray pan lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix all crust ingredients.
- Press into bottom of pan. Bake 8-10 minutes, until just set.
- Cool crust 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Beat in sour cream.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended.
- Beat in mashed bananas.
- Fold in mini chocolate chips and chopped cherries.
- Bake at 300 degrees about 30-40 minutes, until edge of cheesecake is set, but center still jiggles slightly when moved (bake longer if needed).
- Turn oven off and leave the cheesecake in there about 3 hours. Remove from oven and run a knife around the edge to loosen from the sides.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
- Remove sides of pan.
- Cut to serve, topping with garnish ingredients as desired.
- Enjoy!
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