Name: Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup light brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1/2 cup melted butter; 1/4 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 ripe bananas mashed; 1 cup all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 4 ounces cream cheese; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 3 teaspoons all purpose flour; 1 large egg

Delicious cream cheese banana bread that tastes great right next to a cup of coffee. Easy to make, this banana bread will win your heart.

Homemade Cream Cheese Banana Bread

This is an awesome recipe that any banana bread lover will fall in love with.

My husband tried it last night after I made it and he could not stop saying: This is the best banana bread I ever had in my life!”. It is indeed incredible moist and delicious.

In case you don’t care for the cream cheese, I have another recipe of Banana Bread on my blog or you can make this recipe and skip the cream cheese part. Whatever you choose, you are in for a lovely treat!

This recipe has a banana batter layer on the bottom, a mixture of cream cheese, sugar and egg in the middle and another layer of banana batter on top.

Everything is baked to perfection and the result is a wonderful coffee bread that everyone will love.

What ingredients go into this bread:

Light Brown Sugar
Granulated Sugar
Eggs
Butter
Sour Cream
Vanilla Extract
Bananas
All purpose Flour
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Salt

what ingredients go into the CREAM CHEESE FILLING:

Cream Cheese
Granulated Sugar
All Purpose Flour
Eggs

How to make this cream cheese banana bread:

This recipe is easy to put together, so please do not think that you cannot do it.

First step is to preheat the oven. As I was always telling you in the past, getting the oven ready for baking is the best thing you can do before you start anything.

Cream cheese filling first.

The reason I am saying this is because the banana bread batter has baking soda and sour cream among other ingredients.

The baking soda and sour cream get friendly with each other really fast, so you need to have everything prepared in order to place the batter in the oven as soon as possible, otherwise the bread will not rise properly.

Beat the cream cheese with sugar until light and fluffy, add the egg, mix again to create a smooth mixture.

Incorporate the flour and set the bowl aside for later use.

Banana bread batter:

The steps for this batter are pretty classic. Mix the dry ingredients first, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt go together in a medium size bowl.

Separately, in a larger bowl, beat together the butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy.

Add egg and sour cream and mix really well. Add mashed banana and start folding the flour into the batter until well incorporated with no lumps. Do not overwork the batter if you want a soft bread and not a tough one.

Set it aside.

Note: Spoon and level the flour into your measuring cup instead of scooping it out of the container. If you scoop your flour out of the container, you can end up with way too much flour in your recipe and a super dense loaf of banana bread.

Butter and flour a 9×5 inches loaf baking pan and pour half mixture of the banana bread batter in the pan. Add the cream cheese mixture over the batter and pour the rest of the banana bread batter over.

Bake at 350F for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle will come out clean.

Allow the banana bread to cool in the pan for a few minutes , then remove from pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Banana bread with cream cheese is a perfect breakfast on the go, a perfect snack, especially with a cup of coffee.

Make a double batch and freeze one loaf for later use.

I do this sometimes, so I can share with my daughter when she comes to visit. Also, the banana bread made this way can stay at room temperature no more than 3-4 days.

I freeze leftover bananas for this bread.

If I buy too many or they ripe too fast and I do not have time to make a bread right away, I freeze them un-peeled in a freezer safe ziploc bag, for up to 3 months.

Enjoy!

Yield: 1 loaf

Cream Cheese Banana Bread

Delicious cream cheese banana bread that tastes great right next to a cup of coffee. Easy to make, this banana bread will win your heart.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling:

4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons all purpose flour
1 large egg

Banana Bread batter:

1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ripe bananas mashed
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Cream cheese filling:
Beat the cream cheese with sugar, add the egg and the flour and mix everything well. Set aside.
Banana bread batter:
In a medium bowl mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
Set aside.
Separately, in a large bowl beat the butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy. Add egg and sour cream and mix.
Incorporate the mashed banana.
Fold the flour into the batter until well incorporated. Set aside.
Grab a loaf baking pan and pour half mixture of the banana bread batter in the pan.
Add the cream cheese, then pour the rest of the banana bread batter over.
Bake at 350F for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle will come out clean.

Cream Cheese Banana Bread