Recipe: Banana Bundt Cake Recipe stuffed with Cheesecake – yes – I said stuffed with cheesecake

We love Banana bread. We love Cheesecake. In this dessert, I’ve combined these two loves into a wonderfully sinful treat that oddly enough reminds me of a cheese danish on steroids, but with banana bread goodness.INGREDIENTS for the Cream Cheese Filling

• 8-oz cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg

INGREDIENTS for the Cake

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed banana (approx 2 medium)
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup milk

Step 1 – Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease a 10-inch bundt (or tube) pan.
Step 2 – Make the filling: In a medium bowl, beat together all filling ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
Step 3 – Make the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light.
Step 4 – Beat in the eggs one by one, waiting until each has been incorporated to add the next. Blend in the vanilla extract, mashed bananas and vegetable oil.
Step 5 – Stir half of the flour mixture into the banana mixture, followed by the milk. Stir in remaining flour mixture, mixing just until no streaks of dry ingredients remain and batter is smooth.
Step 6 – Pour half of the batter into prepared pan, then spoon the cream cheese filling into a ring in the center of the batter. Do not stir it in. Pour remaining batter on top, making sure that the cream cheese layer is completely covered.
Step 7 – Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely before serving. (The cake can be cooled completely in the pan if using a tube pan)