A moist and simple banana bread with cream cheese swirls
Just thinking about the combination of banana and cream cheese in a bread will give you an idea how amazing this would feel in your mouth. Don’t you already feel like making some? I thought of this combination because I love baked goods with cream cheese. My friend Megha used to bake brownies with cream cheese for me when I was pregnant and I loved them so much that I didn’t share any with Suraj. I tried to do swirls in the bread but I’m not sure if it came out well. Do let me know if you have any tips for adding swirls. I also sprinkled it with a mix of white and dark chocolate which is purely optional.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9×5-in loaf pan with a nonstick spray.
Banana bread batter:
a. In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and add the butter and brown sugar. Add beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
b. Add the dry ingredients; flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir until just combined.
Cream cheese spread:
a. In another bowl, beat together all the ingredients for the cream cheese filling.
b. Pour half of the banana bread batter in the loaf pan. Top the batter with half of the cream cheese filling -- one dollop at a time. Top with remaining batter. Top with the remaining cream cheese filling one dollop at a time. Insert a butter knife into the batter and run through the batter making swirls.
Garnish:
Sprinkle with chocolates chips on top of the batter .
Bake for 50-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Serving Size 1
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