Vegan Cheesecake
From the very first spoonful of mouth watering, tastebud tantalizing, deliciously-decadent cheesecake, I was in love!
This creamy, dreamy, silky, tangy and sweet dessert came into my life when I first came to the United States to attend college, many moons ago.
I had never had cheesecake before – and I was mesmerized! Totally spellbound! Infatuated even!
It was love!
Pure and simple!
But, alas, while I loved cheesecake…
It did not love me.
My stomach and brain tried to tell me to end my one-sided relationship…
To move on to cake or cookies…
But my heart and tastebuds were not listening…
And I struggled through every stomach churning, uncomfortable moment – following a rendezvous!
Till, one day, (much like my teen daughter who got over her crush on Taylor Lautner when she found out he was seeing an older woman)…
I decided to move on…
But I just couldn’t stop thinking of it…
Imagining it’s texture, it’s smooth and creamy, tangy and sweet, scrumptiousness…
So, I did what any heart broken dessert lover would do…
I came up with my own -lactose free- version!
Today, I present yall with this “cheese”cake – similar to cheesecake in texture and sweet and creamy, tongue tantalizing, taste.
Notice I said “similar” – not exactly the same, but, while they might not be as good as the real thing – they are super healthy – totally lactose free and even packed with an extra dose of protein. Topped with berries and whipped cream, it is hard to pinpoint that these are not the real thing. And -most importantly- these guys and I share a reciprocal, mutually beneficial love! No more stomach churning rendezvous for this gal! 🙂
As for what the key ingredient is – I leave that up to y’all to try and figure out -just for fun…for the next 24-36 hours or so, anyway – when I will reveal it to y’all.
Welcome to my fourth “mystery ingredient” recipe post – notice the red and blue theme? And the fact that it’s the fourth month? Yup – no coincidences here!
Ingredients
- For the "cheesecake"
- 1.5 cups mystery ingredient
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1.25 6 oz containers of vanilla yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- dash salt
- For the berry topping:
- handful of raspberries and blueberries
- 1/4 teaspoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Whipped cream
Instructions
For the"cheese"cake:
- Preheat oven to 325
- Using an electric mixer, combine the mystery ingredient, brown sugar, vanilla yogurt, cinnamon and salt and eggs -one at a time.
- Pour into 4 oven safe bowls and bake for 30 minutes.
For the berry topping:
- In a saucepan over low heat, combine the berries, sugar, land lime and let cook for about 5 minutes. Let cool
- Top the "cheese" cakes with whipped cream, the berry mixture and any extra berries and enjoy!
Oh, gosh. This is so fun! I’m gonna guess tofu. Either way this chesecake look fabulous! Love all the fresh berries on top. 😀
Thanks so much Sarah! I actually used navy beans in these “cheese”cakes (http://savoryspin.com/2014/07/02/mystery-ingredient-revealed-navy-bean-cheesecakes/) I hope you take a guess at this months mystery ingredient recipe (I try to do one each month)- coming up next week!
@Shashi, did the recipe get removed? The link above doesn’t work…
Hey Lorraine – you can find the recipe here https://savoryspin.com/mystery-ingredient-cheese-cake-7/
Looks good. We make something similar but I add tofu cream cheese.
I am curious -tofu cream cheese – is that anything like silken tofu?
So decadent and so tempting…
To me it looks like coconut cream.
Is the mystery ingredient tofu?!! I am waiting for you to unveil this mystery ingredient soon!! hehe
Ami – I used navy beans in this dish thanks so much for guessing – here’s the reveal post http://savoryspin.com/2014/07/02/mystery-ingredient-revealed-navy-bean-cheesecakes/. I do a mystery ingredient recipe every month, hope you try and guess the mystery ingredient in a shake I will be posting in August 🙂
Wow! I love the mystery ingredient. I couldn’t have guessed, apart from tofu but not beans 😉
This looks amazing! Love these posts! I would have never guessed the mystery ingredient – so creative and brilliant:)
What a fun idea to have a mystery ingredient post (or posts)! Boy, I have no idea, and I can’t wait to find out. I love cheesecake!
Man, I am stumped here! And I love to bake…so this one is getting to me! Tell me first…not Chris! 🙂
This looks amazing… and you totally got me! I have NO CLUE! TELL MEEEEEEEEEEE
I love the look of that and I love cheesecakes – but beans? white cannellini beans? that would be interesting to see! 🙂
So so curious now! Need to know so I can make on 4th of July and be patriotic with berries :P!
Hang tight…I will post the recipe tomorrow 🙂
That looks very patriotic. Having just made a vegan cheesecake, I’m going to guess cashews???
Good guess Charlie – I haven’t worked with cashews – your cashew cheesecake had me mesmerized! It’s on my “to-make” list!
I’m totally stumped on this one!! Can’t wait to see what you subbed to make cheesecake a winner for you again!
You will have a hard time believing it when you find out…but these were so good! Reveal coming up tomorrow evening-ish