Banana Split
Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients :
Crust:
1 cup packaged
chocolate cookie crumbs (such as Oreo)
2 tablespoons
sugar
1 tablespoon
butter or stick margarine, melted
Cooking spray
Filling:
3 (8-ounce) blocks
fat-free cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce) block
1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce)
carton low-fat sour cream
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups mashed
ripe banana
3 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
4 large eggs
Toppings:
1/3 cup
strawberry sundae syrup
1/3 cup chocolate
syrup
1/4 cup chopped
pecans, toasted
16 maraschino
cherries, drained
How to Make Banana
Split Cheesecake :
Step 1
Preheat oven to
325°.
Step 2
To prepare crust,
combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; toss with a fork until moist. Press into
bottom of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
Step 3
To prepare
filling, beat cheeses and sour cream at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Add
1 1/2 cups sugar, banana, flour, and vanilla; beat well. Add eggs, 1 at a time;
beat well after each addition.
Step 4
Pour cheese
mixture into prepared pan; bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or untilalmost set. Cheesecake is done when the center barely moves when pan is
touched. Remove cheesecake from oven; run a knife around outside edge. Cool
cheesecake to room temperature. Cover and chill for at least 8 hours. Top each
serving with 1 teaspoon pineapple, 1 teaspoon strawberry syrup, 1 teaspoon chocolate
syrup, 3/4 teaspoon pecans, and 1 cherry.