Chocolate Bottom Banana Cheesecake Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temp
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened to room temp
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (approx. 2 large bananas)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. line a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan with foil (or grease and flour it).
• 2 for the base:.
• 3 beat the 4 ounces of cream cheese, 1 egg and butter together on low speed until creamed. blend in cake mix by hand until combined. it will be very thick, but piable like a soft dough; press into bottom of the prepared baking pan.
• 4 for the topping:.
• 5 in a bowl, beat together the two 8-oz packages cream cheese, banana, powdered sugar, and vanilla. beat at medium speed until smooth, at least 3 minutes. add eggs one at a time, beating only until incorporated.
• 6 spread cream cheese batter evenly over bottom chocolate layer.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees f. for 45 minutes. cool completely. carefully remove from pan, peel off foil, and cut into 24 squares.