RED LOBSTER BANANAS FOSTER CHEESECAKE CLONE

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Wrap outside of 9-inch diameter springform pan with 3-inch-high sides with heavy-duty foil.
• Combine flour, pecans, butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl.
• Mix well.
• Press mixture onto bottom of prepared pan.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until smooth.
• Gradually beat in sugar.
• Beat in cornstarch.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just blended after each addition.
• Add pureed banana,sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
• Beat just until combined.
• Transfer filling to crust-lined pan.
• Place pan in large roasting pan.
• Add enough hot water to roasting pan to come one inch up sides of springform pan.
• Bake until center of cake is just set, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• Meanwhile, prepare topping.
• Mix together sour cream, sugar and vanilla in small bowl until well blended.
• Spread topping over cheesecake.
• Bake until topping is set, about 10 minutes.
• Turn off oven.
• Let cake stand in oven until cooled to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Refrigerate cake until well chilled.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Cutaround cake to loosen; remove pan sides.
• Transfer cake to platter.
• Warm caramel sauce in small saucepan over low heat, stirring often.
• Mix in rum.
• Drizzle some sauce decoratively over cake.
• Arrange bananas atop cake.
• Cut cake into wedges and serve with sauce.