This cream cheese swirl banana bread combines the best of both worlds! Warm, comforting banana bread and decadent, creamy cheesecake! An irresistible combination!
This recipe for banana bread with cream cheese takes the simple, classic banana bread up many many notches. Tangy cream cheese and the gentle sweetness of bananas together make it absolutely divine!
If you like this combination, try my cheesecake swirl brownies, chocolate cream cheese muffins, and cherry cheesecake muffins. For a change of pace, try these decadent banana blondies with brown butter icing!
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Why We Love This Cream Cheese Banana Bread
- This is such an easy recipe! You don't need any fancy equipment, no electric beaters, no stand mixers - just a couple of bowls, a spatula, and a whisk.
- It tastes heavenly - banana bread with a layer of cheesecake inside!
- It's a winner of a recipe! You can make it for a weeknight dessert, take it for picnics, or serve it at your next get-together.
Ingredients
| Cream cheese | Bananas | All-purpose flour |
| Sugar | Baking soda | Salt |
| Cinnamon powder | Greek yogurt | Coconut oil |
| Icing sugar | Eggs | Vanilla extract |
Recipe Variations
- To make this recipe eggless, you can use flax eggs like I did for my coconut peach cake.
- Add chocolate chips to the batter to make this banana bread deliciously chocolatey like my eggless chocolate chip cake.
- Stir in some walnuts to give this bread a nutty flavor as in this walnut banana bread recipe.
How To Make
Step 1: Make the cream cheese filling. Combine cream cheese, Greek yogurt, all-purpose flour, icing sugar, and a splash of vanilla. Mix until smooth and keep aside.
Step 2: Sift all-purpose flour with baking soda, salt, and cinnamon powder.
Step 3: Mix in raw sugar.
Step 4: In a separate bowl, mash three bananas using a fork. You can keep it chunky or mash it into a purée.
Step 5: Mix in two eggs, vanilla extract, and coconut oil.
Step 6: Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and combine.
Step 7: Mix until the entire batter is just combined.
Step 8: Transfer half the bread batter into your prepared loaf pan.
Step 9: Add half the cream cheese mixture by the spoonfuls. Carefully spoon over the remaining banana bread batter. Followed by the remaining cream cheese.
Step 10: Using a butter knife, make swirls in these alternating layers.
Step 11: Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the top is set. The toothpick test doesn't really work in this recipe because of the cream cheese.
Pro Tips
- Go deep into the batter with your knife or skewer to create the marbled effect.
- In case the top is browning too quickly and the bread is not cooked through, I recommend loosely tenting the pan with foil. It’ll save your bread from burning.
- Make sure your ingredients are at room temperature. This helps in making the batter faster and smoother.
- Don't overmix the batter. That leads to a dense loaf.
- Use ripe bananas for the best flavor.
- Let the bread cool completely to help it set and make slicing easier.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, ripe, spotty bananas are the sweetest and most flavorful. However, if your bananas aren't ripe enough, you can place them in an oven and bake for 10-15 minutes at 180 C ( 350 F). Allow them to cool before peeling and using them.
Yes! Just thaw them on your kitchen counter, drain, and proceed with the recipe.
This bread is best stored in the refrigerator. It will stay well for 3-4 days.
📖 Recipe
Cream Cheese Swirl Banana Bread
Ingredients
Banana Bread Batter
- 1.5 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1/2 cup Raw sugar
- 3 Bananas
- 1/3 cup Coconut oil
- 2 Eggs
- 1.5 tsp Vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Filling
- 3/4 cup Cream cheese, room temperature
- 3 tbsp Greek yogurt, room temperature
- 3 tbsp Icing sugar
- 2 tbsp All-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C. Grease and flour an 8" by 4" loaf pan.
Cream Cheese Filling
- Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk well until the mixture is smooth and thick.Keep aside.
Banana Bread
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon powder.
- Whisk in the raw sugar.
- In a separate bowl, mash the bananas well. Add the eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla extract.
- Mix well.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine well.
- Pour half of the banana bread batter in the prepared pan. Dollop half the cream cheese mixture onto the batter.Cover this with the remaining banana batter. Top with the remaining cream cheese mixture.
- Use a knife to make swirls of the two mixtures.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes at 180C, or until the top is set.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before taking it out and cooling on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or cold. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Lulu says
I missed thestep on swirling the layers of batter after layering them, but this still baked up beautifully with spots of cream cheese peeking through the top. We haven't sampled yet as we are bringing to family, but the texture seems great and directions were very good.
Natasha Minocha says
Thank you so much, Lulu, for your wonderful and kind feedback. I really appreciate it! I hope you all will enjoy it. xx