cream cheese banana bread

baked banana bread today! it was a special recipe so i thought it'd be a bit different. it was really soft and moist which was good! a bit more cakey then banana bread should be, but its definitely light and fluffy(:

i modified the recipe from http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2011/09/cream-cheese-banana-nut-bread/. makes two loaves so there's plenty to share!

Cream Cheese Banana Bread 

Ingredients:

• 3 cups + 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 225g butter, softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 medium eggs (60g)
• 2 cups mashed banana (4 medium bananas)
• 2 tsp vanilla essence

topping:

• 4 tbsp flour
• 25 g butter ( remaining from the top) 
• 5 tbsp brown sugar
• cinnamon (1-2tsp)
• 2 tbsp oats

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. prepare two loaf pans.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. set aside
3. Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese until creamy. gradually add sugar, mixing until light and fluffy. add eggs, 1 at a time, mix well.
4. gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, folding it in and then beating lightly for just 1 round.
5. Stir in bananas and vanilla extract.
6. divide batter evenly into loaf pans.
7. to make topping, combine all ingredients (Except butter) into small bowl and add butter (has to be straight from the fridge), and cut in or rub in with fingers gently. sprinkle on top of both loaves.
8. bake 1 hr - 1 hr 10 mins until wooden pick comes out clean. if necessary, cover pans loosely with aluminium foil to prevent browning.
9. cool for 15 mins, remove from pans to cool completely.

Cut and serve and bless the people around you!

i took out the nuts since i dont like nuts in my banana bread and its expensive. if you like nuts go straight to that website! future possible modifications: 3 bananas, 2 eggs, cut sugar to 1.5 cups (healthier!)/use brown sugar