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Nutrition: per serving (8)

  • kcal624
  • fat46g
  • saturates21g
  • carbs43g
  • sugars30g
  • fibre3g
  • protein12g
  • salt1.18g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Several hours before, place 2 bananas in the freezer until the skins go black, then remove and defrost. You’ll be left with really soft bananas. Peel, then mash well and set aside.

  • step 2

    Mix the butter and biscuits together, then press into a 22cm springform cake tin. Whip the cream until it just holds its shape. In a separate bowl, beat the sugar, soft cheese and vanilla together until completely combined. In another bowl, beat the peanut butter to loosen it.

  • step 3

    Fold the cheese mixture into the peanut butter, then tip in the mashed banana and gently fold in the cream. Spread the mix over the biscuit base and smooth the top. Freeze for several hours or preferably overnight. To serve, leave the cake in the fridge for 20 mins, then run a knife around the side and remove the sides of the tin. Slice the remaining banana and use to decorate the cheesecake.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2006

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A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.38 ratings

rebeccasemper

tip

This was yummy but there’s no point freezing the bananas beforehand as it’s just as easy to mush them. Secondly, take out freezer well before 20 mins until serving!! Mine was defrosting for 40 mins and still solid. Leave out for an hour beforehand

ldupuy

question

I'm really tempted to try this as I have bananas hanging around (& I love peanut butter!), but I'm wondering: what's the difference between soft cheese & cream cheese? Thanks in advance.

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goodfoodteam

Thanks for your question. Cream cheese is a type of soft cheese and is perfect for this recipe. We often use Philadelphia.

elleypelley

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Easy to make but pretty tasteless unless defrosted for at least 2-3 hours. After 20 minutes you could chisel off a piece of tasteless frozen fat. Much better to enjoy tasty, creamy, crunch, sweet, salty cheesecake by defrosting it. Not sure that you really need to freeze it. Might try using some…

Hules

I don't see what the point of freezing the bananas was? All it did was turn them to mush, but mashing them would do that anyway!

celiadt

This is fabulous. I agree on doubling the biscuit base. I decorate it with chocolate buttons.

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