BANANA CREAM CHEESECAKE

This Banana Cream Cheesecake is made with a fresh banana cheesecake topped with banana bavarian cream! It’s smooth, creamy and full of the most amazing banana flavor! It’s my new favorite and might just stay that way forever!

INGREDIENTS:

CRUST

• 2 1/4 cups (302g) vanilla wafer crumbs
• 10 tbsp (140g) salted butter, melted
• 3 tbsp (39g) sugar

CHEESECAKE FILLING

• 24 ounces (678g) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup (207g) sugar
• 3 tbsp (24g) all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup (58g) sour cream, room temperature
• 4 tsp banana extract
• 1 cup (240ml) pureed banana (2 medium sized bananas)*
• 3 large eggs, room temperature

BAVARIAN CREAM

• 1 tsp powdered gelatin
• 2 tbsp (30ml) milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbsp (26g) sugar
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp banana extract
• 2/3 cup (160ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
• 5 tbsp (36g) powdered sugar

WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING

• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Fresh sliced bananas

*I recommend using ripe, yellow bananas, not ones that have browned.

DIRECTIONS:

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