Banana Cream Cheesecake

Name: Banana Cream Cheesecake
Prep time: 4 h 35 min
Cook time: 4 h 35 min
Total time: 4 h 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters banana liqueur; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 5 Tbsps butter, melted; 907 grams packages cream cheese, room temperature; 4 egg yolks; 4 eggs; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin; 355 milliliters heavy cream, chilled; 237 milliliters milk; 237 milliliters sour cream; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 296 milliliters vanilla wafer crumbs; 12 vanilla wafer cookies; 118 milliliters ground walnuts; 3 Tbsps cold water; 79 milliliters white sugar

Banana Cream Cheesecake requires roughly 4 hours and 35 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 52g of fat, and a total of 641 calories. A mixture of cream cheese, cream, vanilla wafer cookies, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the vanilla wafer crumbs, ground walnuts, and melted butter. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.

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Vanilla

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Butter

Wafer

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In a large bowl, stir cream cheese to soften.

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Cream Cheese

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Mix together 1 1/8 cup sugar and flour; 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 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla.

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Banana Liqueur

Mashed Banana

Cream Cheese

Sour Cream

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Pour over the crust in the springform pan.

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Crust

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Springform Pan

Cover the bottom of the outside of the cheesecake pan with aluminum foil to prevent water from the water bath from seeping in.

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Water

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Place springform pan inside a larger pan.

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Springform Pan

Place the whole thing into the preheated oven, and fill the outer pan with hot water.

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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 center and cracking.

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Water

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Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours, or overnight.

In a small bowl, sprinkle the unflavored gelatin over the cold water, and set aside to soften.

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Unflavored Gelatin

Water

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Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until hot but not boiling. Meanwhile, whisk together 1/3 cup sugar and egg yolks until smooth and frothy.

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Egg Yolk

Sugar

Milk

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Whisk

Whisk about 1/3 of the hot milk into the egg yolk mixture, then pour the yolk mixture into the pan 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.

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Remove from the heat. Stir the softened gelatin into the hot pastry cream until dissolved, then stir in vanilla.

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Pastry Cream

Gelatin

Vanilla

Pour into a bowl, place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface, and refrigerate until cooled, about 1 hour.

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Wrap

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When the pastry cream is cooled, whip heavy cream just past soft peaks. Stir pastry cream to soften, then fold in the whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

Pastry Cream

Heavy 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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Vanilla Wafer Cookies