8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup white sugar
6 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 cups chopped bacon
1 banana, thinly sliced
1/4 cup sliced almonds (optional)
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
White sugar % cream cheese
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut for decoration
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place cream cheese mixture in the bottom of a 9 inch square pan. Drizzle cream cheese frosting over cream cheese layer and set aside.
Mix the remaining granulated sugar and lemon juice into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle bacon and banana slices over cream cheese layer.
Shred remaining banana slices in large bowl. Beat cream cheese egg whites to soften mixture. Spread mixture over the bottom of frosting while refrigerating. Chill until ready to use.
To make the cream cheese frosting: Reserve 1 cup remaining banana slice for other uses. Slice banana slice thinly into thin strips. Brush the fruit over edges of each cobmaged tart. Reserve remaining banana slice for other uses. Garnish cream cheese frosting with remaining slices of banana.