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Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread has a delicious cinnamon swirl and cheesecake filling with walnuts hidden inside. This will easily be one of the best quick breads that you ever make!
I sure do love a good quick bread recipe and this one immediately became an instant favorite! I had some over ripe bananas and my favorite thing to do is to make a fresh loaf of banana bread. But when you add in a cinnamon swirl, a cream cheese center, and walnuts, you are about to take your banana bread to the next level!
You start with making a simple banana bread mixture. Then you add the cinnamon sugar swirl and fill it with cream cheese. This is my favorite because its like a cheesecake center right in the middle of each bite! The top of the bread gets this delicious cinnamon sugar crust as it bakes and it comes out perfectly moist and tender!
I know that you guys are going to love this bread just as much as we did! We just couldn’t seem to get enough of it and I can’t wait to make it again!
Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 over-ripe mashed bananas
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- For the cinnamon swirl:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 Tbs cinnamon
For the Cream Cheese Center:
- 4 ounce cream cheese room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, baking soda, salt and flour until just incorporated. Do not over mix. Fold in walnuts. Spread ½ of the mixture into the bottom of the loaf pan.
- Next make the cinnamon swirl. Mix the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and sprinkle a little more than half on top of the banana mixture in loaf pan.
- To make the cream cheese center: In a small bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, and egg until smooth. Spread on top of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Spread remaining banana bread batter on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
Nutrition
Serves:
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
This post was sponsored by the California Walnut Board. Thank you for allowing me to work with brands that I love. All opinions expressed are my own.
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I made this a couple of weeks ago and immediately wanted to make it again since it only lasted … one day. It’s absolutely delicious!!!
I read a few reviews that mentioned concern for how thin the cream cheese mixture is but it turned out perfectly so just follow the recipe 🙂
This banana bread is the best I’ve ever baked and the cinnamon cream cheese swirl put it over the top! It’s going on my “favorite” list.
Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
This is my holy grail banana bread recipe! The house smells amazing when it’s cooking! It’s moist, delicious, and full of flavor! I add in an extra banana when I have 4 super ripe bananas. I’m going to make it again tonight!
My cream cheese was very runny. I made a double batch and cooked them in stoneware 9 x 5 pans and they took longer than 60 minutes to cook (the middle wasn’t cooked), but everyone loved the flavor. Is the cream cheese supposed to be that runny? I followed the directions exactly. Just like Jane Marie I have made a recipe that called for flour in the cream cheese layer, but wasn’t very good alters the flavor too much. Will try recipe again, maybe in a bundt pan.
I’m putting this together as I’m typing this! Can’t wait to sink my teeth into a warm slice with melt butter! I’ve made this b4 but without the cinnamon swirl. I’m not sure but I thought the other recipe called for some flour in the cream cheese mixture. I hope this isn’t too thin & runny, but will try it as written! Thanks in advance for a awesome recipe!
I hope that you enjoyed it and it was just what you were hoping for!! XOXO
Love the Cinnamon-swirl cream cheese banana bread recipe. Your recipe calls for 3 bananas but I had 5 overly ripe ones on hand and wanted to use them all. I made it therefore with 5, being uncertain about the outcome. I normally like to try a recipe first exactly the way it’s written and if need be, start altering from that point. In this case, I made the alteration from the beginning. It was a hit. Family loved it and they are begging me for more. I’ve made it again a few other times with the 5 bananas. Also, I put a little of the sugar/cinnamon mix around the greased pan before I put the batter inside.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. It’s indeed a hit!!
MMM! Sounds delicious! I love the sugar/cinnamon mix around the pan. Great idea and tip! I will try that next time too! Thanks so much for sharing! XOXO
I made this bread for a church Memorial Day picnic. I didn’t have walnuts so I used pecans. Everyone loved this…it was a hit. Thanks for the delicious recipe!
That is awesome!! I am glad it was a huge hit! Thanks for sharing! Xo
Thank you for sharing!!
Wonderful recipe. One of the best banana breads I’ve ever made. My oven/bakeware tends to burn things, so I baked this at 310f and lined the pan with parchment so it was easy to lift out of the pan. It was perfect and no burned edges. It was so moist and flavorful. I think this will be my go to from now on. Thanks so much for the recipe!
hey girl- this looks oh so yummy! Have a great weekend!
Holy delicious! This banana bread is calling my name!
It is SO good! You will have to try and let me know what you think!!
For when we’re too lazy to spread the cream cheese on the banana bread…yum!!!