Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Hello again to all of you!  I have created a new cheesecake.  I am very excited to share this cheesecake with you.  All of my cheesecakes are created to use a 9 ½ inch wide and 4” deep spring form pan.  You cannot make my cheesecakes with a 3“ deep spring form pan.  Send me an e-mail if you want to purchase the spring form pan which is created for my cheesecakes.  The purchase of the spring form pans is $15.00 plus tax and 5 dollars for delivery.

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Spray a 9 ½ “ wide and approximately 4 “ deep spring form pan with a non stick coating
In a separate bowl, measure the following;
1  ¾ cup graham crackers crumbs
½  cup granulated sugar
7 tablespoons of melted butter
Mix the above and press into a prepared spring form pan with  non stick coating.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes and cool while preparing the filling
4– 8 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
In an electric mixer cream the cream cheese and slowly add the sugar.  Beat for a couple of minutes scraping down the sides until well blended
Add
½ cup sour cream
½ cup heavy cream
4 eggs, room temperature
½ cup Dark Bacardi Rum
2 tablespoons vanilla
1 teaspoon of almond extract

Mix the above to the cream cheese mixture until well blended.

1 box of vanilla wafers
4 bananas - ripened
The nxt goal in the preparation is layering the filling with the vanilla wafers and bananas in 4 layers.
Please follow these steps;
Pour cream cheese filling about 1 cup on top of the graham crackers, Slice thinly an over  ripe banana and top with a single layer of vanilla wafers, repeat this process 4 times and end with covering the bananas and vanillas wafers on the top.  Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes at 300 degrees, then drop the oven to 275 degrees for 30 minutes, then drop oven to 250 for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven and add
3 cups of sour cream
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract.

Mix sour cream mixture and pour over cheesecake and let cool out of the oven.  Place cheesecake in the refrigerator for 24 hours before removing from spring form pan and slicing.

Enjoy!  Remember, Let’s Have Some Fun!

Love to you all!  Sandy