Cheesecake with Banana
By: Anncoo
Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 7:03pm

Ingredients




8 inches Line and grease a cake pan.
100 grams Marie biscuits, crushed
80 grams Melted butter
Combine crushed biscuit crumbs and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. Pres
2 tablespoons Overly ripe bananas (about 200 g)+ 1/2 lemon juice
250 grams Cream cheese at room temperature
65 grams Sugar
4 tablespoons Sour cream
1 tablespoon Corn starch
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 large Eggs lightly beaten
some fresh bananas for topping

Preparation

1 Mash bananas and lemon juice together with a fork; set aside. 2 In a mixing bowl beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, cornstarch and vanilla extract. 3 Add beaten eggs in 3 batches; beat on low speed until just combined. Fold in banana mixture and mix well. 4 Pour into crust and steam bake at 160C for 40-45 minutes or center is almost set. 5 Cool on wire rack for few minutes and carefully run a knife around edge of pan; cool 1 hour longer. 6 For the cake decoration, top the cheesecake with sliced of fresh banana and some melted semi-sweet chocolate or ganache cream. 7 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. 8 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. 9 Chill cheesecake for several hours or till next day before serving. 10 For cutting cake - dip your knife in hot water and quickly dry it off before each cut.