Cream Cheese Banana Bread

8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
1 cup granulated sugar
.25 cup butter or margarine
1 cup mashed bananas
2 eggs
2.25 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
0.5 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts
		
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Combine cream cheese, sugar and butter, mixing until well blended. Blend in 
bananas and eggs. Add combined remaining ingredients, mixing just until 
moistened.
Pour into prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center 
comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan and serve with additional
cream cheese.