Creamy Banana Cheesecake
This banana cheesecake takes a while to make but is worth the effort. Instructions include a homemade base, the cheesecake filling and a vanilla cream topping.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- Crust
- 1 1/4 cups vanilla biscuit crumbs
- 1/2 cup ground walnuts
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
- Filling
- 1kg cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup (250g) white sugar
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup (250ml) sour cream
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup (60ml) banana liqueur
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- Topping
- 1 1/2 teaspoons gelatine
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 1 cup (250ml) milk
- 1/3 cup (90g) white sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 1 1/2 cups (375ml) thickened cream, chilled
- 12 vanilla wafer biscuits
Directions
Preparation:35min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Extra time:3hours chilling ›
Ready in:4hours35min
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease the sides of a 22cm springform pan.
- Crust: In a medium bowl mix together the biscuit crumbs, ground walnuts and melted butter. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Filling: In a large bowl stir cream cheese to soften. Mix together sugar and flour then stir into the cream cheese until smooth. Stir in eggs one at a time mixing until well blended after each one.
- Stir in sour cream, mashed banana, banana liqueur and vanilla. Pour over the crust in the springform pan.
- Cover the bottom of the outside of the cheesecake pan with aluminium foil to prevent water from the water bath seeping in. Place springform pan inside a larger pan. Place the whole thing into the preheated oven and fill the outer pan with hot water.
- Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. After the time is up turn the oven off but leave door closed. Leave cheesecake in the unopened oven for 1 hour.
- Before removing from the water bath. Run a knife around the outer edge of the cake to keep it from shrinking away from the centre and cracking.
- Let cool to room temperature then refrigerate until chilled at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Topping: In a small bowl sprinkle the gelatine over the cold water and set aside to soften.
- Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until hot but not boiling. Meanwhile whisk together sugar and egg yolks until smooth and frothy. Whisk about 1/3 of the hot milk into the egg yolk mixture then pour the yolk mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk.
- Cook over low heat stirring constantly with a spatula making sure that the mixture does not burn on the bottom until it is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.
- Remove from the heat. Stir the softened gelatine into the hot pastry cream until dissolved then stir in vanilla. Pour into a bowl place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface and refrigerate until cooled; about 1 hour.
- When the pastry cream is cooled wisk the cream just past soft peaks. Stir pastry cream to soften then fold in the whipped cream.
- Place vanilla wafers on top of the cooled cheesecake then spread the vanilla cream over the entire top. Chill until serving.
- Run a wet knife around the outer edge of the cake before removing the sides for a cleaner look.
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EXCELLENT. I had 6 bananas to try to use up and I put 4 in this recipe instead of 2, which made for a thicker cheesecake. It probably could've been made in a 10" instead of a 9" pan. Because it was about to overflow, I cooked it in a water bath at 300F for 90 min and it came out without a crack (and didn't overflow!) Topped it with the Banana Butter Icing from this website, and was delicious. - 19 Oct 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Excellent. Everyone, about 15 people, absolutely loved it. The only change I made was to use vanilla bean instead of extract in the topping. To do this you have to cook the bean with the milk and strain it for any bean strings before adding to the the egg yolk mixture. I too found the topping to be a bit runny but it did set up once it was chilled through. - 15 Jul 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Fabulous recipe! hyatttm included every step to prepare this cheesecake, making it easier for anyone who has never before tried to make a cheesecake. It came out perfect, the best consistency of any I’ve made! I was a bit intimidated by the topping recipe, but I’m glad I tried it. It was easier than I expected, came out perfect, and completely changed the experience of eating this delicious dessert. The cheesecake itself is very rich and dense, but the topping adds a light creaminess that allows you to come up for air and then dive back into that intoxicating richness. Banana flavor was not overpowering, but definitely present. Everyone loves it! I will make this again and again. - 28 Apr 2006 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)