Baked Banana Cheesecake

Ingredients

Serves: 10

• 2½ cups (280g) plain sweet biscuit crumbs
• 100g butter, melted
• 625g cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 2 large bananas, sliced
• 7 eggs
• whipped cream and bananas to decorate
• sour cream topping
• 300g sour cream
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp grated lemon rind

Preparation method

Prep: 15 minutes | Cook: 1 hour 35 minutes

1.

Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Grease a 26 cm round spring form tin; line base and side with baking paper. Combine the biscuit crumbs and butter in a bowl; mix well. Press over base or prepared tin. Refrigerate while preparing filling.

2.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add bananas; beat until combined. Add eggs; beat until combined. Pour into prepared crust. Cook cheesecake for about 75 minutes or until firm to touch.

3.

To make the sour cream topping; combine all ingredients in a bowl.

4.

When cheesecake is cooked spread the sour cream topping over it, then return cheesecake to oven, cook for 20 minutes or until topping is set. Cool in pan on a wire rack; refrigerate until cold. Serve with whipped cream and extra banana slices.