There’s no denying fall is here, at least for us in the mitten state of Michigan. Fall is a time for sweaters, boots, pumpkins and Halloween. I will admit I am addicted to my Bear Paw Boots and can’t wait to wear them again. I literally live in those things (ha ha). I’m sorry, but what woman doesn’t own some Bear Paws or Uggs, and yoga pants? Lately I’ve been seeing pumpkins everywhere, and I mean every where. I took Ava to the apple orchard and we had a really great time with my BFF’s Ayana and Lashonda. We’ve been friends for an unbelievable number of years–kind of crazy! Anyways Ava was running her way through the orchard, which I will have to post a video of soon LOL. As for the pumpkins, the orchard had a large pumpkin patch but I decided to hold out on buying any until later in the month when I head to my favorite Block’s Open Market. So be on the lookout for when I pick some up for fall decorating and more baking recipes to come.
For this recipe I had to use organic canned pumpkins–hey don’t judge me, I was simply improvising with what I had on hand. I love cheesecake and banana bread, and like most people we always seem to have bananas around. Lucky me, every time the bananas start to ripen Michael lets me know it’s banana bread time (ha ha). Gotta love my Michael, he works hard both on the scene of food and behind the scene of this blog. But ya, I figured pumpkin, bananas, and cheesecake could make for a good combo.
Anyways, Fall is definitely here as it has been raining for the last two days here in good ol’ Michigan, making the timing for this bread absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed my creation with some Tazo Chamamille tea, which was perfect for this particular rainy and cool day. Without further adieu this is the recipe I came up with, and it’s pretty easy to follow.
Enjoy the recipe below and remember…Fall is here.
-This African
| Prep Time | 20 min |
| Cook Time | 55 min |
| Servings |
mini loafs or 1 large loaf
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- 1 cup all purpose flour I used King Arthur
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling
- 5 tbsp coconut oil Melted
- 1 tbsp buttermilk
- 3 whole bananas Aim to use ones that are real ripe
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 8 oz block of cream cheese Soften, to do so you can microwave in a small bowl in 30 second increments, until soft
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Ingredients
cheesecake filling
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- As always make sure you have all your ingredients ready to go to save time.
- Sift Flour, salt, baking soda, all spice and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add brown sugar, coconut oil and using a whisk combine them (the texture should be gritty). Next, add one large egg and buttermilk. Mash bananas and add to sugar, plus coconut oil and whisk well.
- Add flour to mixture, start by pouring half the flour into mixture, then add the rest.
- Mix until well combined. A this time preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Once complete add pumpkin filling and lemon extract. Ha ha excuse my Ava's hand, I had to hold her and mix at the same time.
- Once everything is in make sure to mix really well; you want it to be completely incorporated.
- To make cheesecake filling soften cream cheese and whisk until smooth. Next add powdered sugar, egg and lemon extract. Make sure it still maintains a smooth texture.
- Spray 4 mini loaf pans or a large loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Pour half of the batter in either pan or pans (depending on what's used).
- Top with half of the cheesecake filling and using a knife swirl filling into batter. Top with remainder of batter, add the rest of the cheesecake filling, and swirl. Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon together and spread on top of the bread.
- Bake for 55 minutes, or more if needed (I know ovens vary). TIP: Insert toothpick in the middle of bread, if toothpick comes out clean the bread is done. Please enjoy and don't forget to comment. Bon Appetit, This African
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