Рецепт Banana Cheesecake
If you are a fan of cheesecake like me, you must try this cake with banana. This is indeed heavenly good, the cheesecake combines the sweet flavor of the ripe banana... really yummy!
Line and grease a 8" cake pan.
100g Marie biscuits, crushed
80g Melted butter
Combine crushed biscuit crumbs and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. Press the biscuit crumbs onto the base of the prepared pan and chill in the refrigerator for later use.
Ingredients (adapted from Taste of Home with slight adjustment)
- 2 Overly ripe bananas (about 200g) + 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 250g Cream cheese at room temperature
- 65g Sugar
- 4 tbsp Sour cream
- 1 tbsp Corn starch
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 large Eggs lightly beaten
- some fresh bananas for topping
Mash bananas and lemon juice together with a fork; set aside.
In a mixing bowl beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, cornstarch and vanilla extract.
Add beaten eggs in 3 batches; beat on low speed until just combined. Fold in banana mixture and mix well.
Pour into crust and steam bake at 160C for 40-45 minutes or center is almost set.
Cool on wire rack for few minutes and carefully run a knife around edge of pan; cool 1 hour longer.
For the cake decoration, top the cheesecake with sliced of fresh banana and some melted semi-sweet chocolate or ganache cream.
To prevent the banana from turning brown, mix 1 tbsp apricot gel with 2 tbsp hot water then brush a thin layer of apricot get on cheesecake.
Slice bananas to equal thickness and place on top of cheesecake. Brush apricot gel evenly on sliced bananas, then drizzle or pipe melted chocolate over it.
Chill cheesecake for several hours or till next day before serving.
For cutting cake - dip your knife in hot water and quickly dry it off before each cut.
Enjoy a thick piece of this cheesecake with a cup of hot coffee!