Skinny Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

In a bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, artificial sweetener, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Blend in the butter using a fork or pastry cutter until the mixture is a little crumbly.

In a separate bowl, mash the bananas and add the vanilla, egg and buttermilk. Add the wet mixture into the flour mixture and stir to combine.

In a separate bowl, make the swirl by mixing together the cream cheese, sweetener, vanilla and buttermilk (or milk) until completely smooth.

Pour half the banana batter in a buttered and floured loaf pan. Add the cream cheese mixture and top with the remaining banana batter. Using a butter knife, gently swirl the batter a couple of times but don’t over mix.

Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 50 minutes.