Jamaican Banana Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 11 milk chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup banana, pureed
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 3 tablespoons banana schnapps
• 3 tablespoons creme de cacao
• 3 tablespoons light rum
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• fresh fruit, sliced
• chocolate ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 make the crust—in a small bowl, combine the crushed cookies and melted butter.
• 2 press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 make the filling—in a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, pureed banana, and cornstarch.
• 4 beat using an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5 add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 beat in banana schnapps, creme de cacao, rum, and vanilla extract.
• 7 pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.
• 8 bake in preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 225° and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
• 9 remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.
• 10 turn the oven off; return the cake to the oven for an additional 30 minutes.
• 11 chill, uncovered, overnight.
• 12 arrange fresh fruit over cheesecake; drizzle with chocolate topping; chill until time to serve.