Cheesecake Chai-Spiced Banana Bread

Cheesecake Chai-Spiced Banana Bread

Ingredients

  • 1½ Cups Gluten Free Flour
  • ¼ Cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats
  • 1½ Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • ¾ Teaspoon Ground Cardamom
  • ¾ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¼ Teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • ¼ Teaspoon Ground Allspice
  • 4 Egg Whites
  • 2/3 Cup Mashed Ripe Bananas (about 2 medium)
  • 1/3 Cup EVOO
  • ¼ Cup Honey or Stevia
  • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • 4 Ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 2 Tablespoons Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Honey or Stevia
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Lightly coat a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl stir together the 1½ cups of flour, the oats, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, allspice, and ¼ tsp salt.
  4. Make a well in the center of flour mixture; set aside.
  5. In a medium bowl combine two of the egg whites, bananas, oil, the ¼ cup honey, and the milk.
  6. In another medium bowl combine the cream cheese, the remaining two egg whites, the 2 TBSP flour, the 1 TBSP honey and the vanilla.
  7. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed just until combined.
  8. Add banana mixture all at once to flour mixture; stir until evenly moistened.
  9. Spoon two-thirds of the batter into the prepared baking pan.
  10. Spoon cream cheese mixture over batter in baking pan; spoon the remaining batter over all.
  11. Using a thin metal spatula or table knife, cut down through the batter and pull up in a circular motion to marble the cream cheese layer.
  12. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. If necessary to prevent over-browning, cover loosely with foil the last 15 minutes of baking.
  13. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
  14. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
  15. Wrap in plastic wrap or foil; chill in the refrigerator overnight before slicing.