In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 egg. Beat at low speed until smooth; set aside. In another medium bowl, beat 3 eggs.

Seeing a business opportunity, the National Biscuit Company took advantage of banana pudding's popularity and started printing a recipe for the dessert on Vanilla Wafers boxes in the 1940s. (They ...