Banana Split Cheesecake Recipe

Wow… this banana split cheesecake recipe is insane. The day I ran across this recipe was also the day I baked it; it just sounded so delicious! Who would have thought that you could take two completely different desserts and make one super supreme snack.

The trick is that this recipe is basically a banana cheesecake. The banana split part comes in the topping. What an overflow of toppings…but how tasty!

I’m sure you’re just dying to try this recipe out, just as I was, so why wait any longer. Go ahead… get started now.

Yield: 16 servings

Ingredients:

Crust:

• Non-stick cooking spray
• 1 cup packaged chocolate cookie crumbs (such as Oreo)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine, melted

Filling:

• 4 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups banana; mashed and ripe
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs

Toppings:

• 1/3 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice, drained
• 1/3 cup strawberry sundae syrup
• 1/3 cup chocolate syrup
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 16 maraschino cherries, drained

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 325°.

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.

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.

4) Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan; bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until almost set. Cheesecake is done when the center barely moves when pan is touched. Remove cheesecake from oven; run a knife around outside edge.

5) 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.

Yum! This delicious (yet unique) cheesecake recipe showcases all the delicious flavors a classic banana split in a new and exciting way. Your friends will be so shocked to see the cheesecake you made them and everyone will be just dying to know the recipe! It can be our little secret!

Homemade Ice Cream Drumsticks

What an idea! I love those yummy ice cream drumsticks from the Ice Cream Man, but who would have ever guessed that they could be made at home!

In some instances, I’d say that half the fun of drumsticks is racing against the clock.

You hear the ice cream truck roll into your neighborhood and you frantically scramble to gather some change.

Fumbling it between your fingers, you rocket outside towards the ice cream man just as he’s returning the last bit of change to his final customer. You made it… this time.

What if you didn’t have to rush so much? I found this delicious drumstick recipe which is so easy! I made them last weekend and they weren’t the real thing… but they were just as good! Plus with this fun recipe, you’re only limited by your imagination.

Want strawberry ice cream instead of vanilla? Do it. Want Oreos on the side instead of nuts?Okay, you’re the boss.

Make the exact drumstick you want and you too will soon be stuck on this customizable summer sweet! Enjoy your very own ice cream drumstick today!

Come on… check out the recipe right here!

Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

I love a good vanilla cupcake recipe. You can use this basic recipe for so many things.

Cupcakes are so compact, you can easily add decorations, and they taste great too!

Of course the mixes from the box are yummy too, but wouldn’t you rather a recipe come straight from your kitchen?

It’s really not as hard as some people think and you can make these cupcakes in a snap using this vanilla cupcake recipe!

Yield: 18 cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 eggs

Directions:

1) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare, either, a muffin pan or paper cupcake liners by greasing them with a non-stick cooking spray or butter followed by a light coat of flour. Now you can set the pan aside.

2) In a medium mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the shortening, milk and vanilla then beat it for 2 minutes with mixer at medium speed. Add the eggs and beat 1 minutes longer.

3) Take a spoon or cookie scoop and divide the batter into 18 cupcake cups (on the pan, in the liner, or both), filling them about halfway. Fill the cups and then bake them for about 20 to 25 minutes. When they’re done, and an inserted toothpick comes out clean, let them cool and then frost them with a desired icing.

These cupcakes not only taste great, but look great too! They’re a favorite at birthday parties, weddings, showers, retirement parties, a bake sale and any other time for that matter!

Whether you’re throwing a bash or selling them for cash, this vanilla cupcake recipe is bound to be a hit.

Also…
Chocolate Cupcakes