Vegan Strawberry Blueberry Cheesecake
This Vegan Strawberry Blueberry Cheesecake is a tasty dairy free treat you’ll be smitten with. Lusciously creamy and silky smooth, this no-bake vegan cheesecake is made with cashews and berries and can be made ahead and frozen until you are ready to enjoy it with family and friends.
When my daughter was a toddler, her favorite nut (other than myself) was the mild cashew nut.
If I gave her a bowl of cashews and berries, she was one happy camper! Back then, I had no clue that cashews came from cashew apples! Actually, I don’t recall even knowing what a cashew apple was, when I found out where cashews came from! I thought they might have something in common with Wood apples, which were plentiful in Sri Lanka; but, good ol’ Google told me I was wrong. I’ve looked for cashew apples in grocery stores I frequent, but, just like wood apples, they seem ever elusive.
Over the years, I have fueled my daughter’s love of cashews by making trail mixes, stir fries, and curries, for her.
But, a couple of years ago, I stumbled on cashew cream. Cashew cream is made in many different ways, but, the way I make it is to blend soaked cashews with some almond or cashew milk and voila – a delicious and versatile dairy free “cream”. I’ve experimented with cashew cream and made curries with it as well as chocolate pudding.
And today, I used cashew cream as the beginning foundation of this dairy free, gluten free, ice box, Vegan Strawberry Bluerry cheesecake! This is the perfect dessert for any picnics or get togethers during these last few weeks of summer. This luscious, yet healthy cake, is jam packed with strawberries and blueberries, in addition to cashews. Coconut oil, sugar and vanilla are the only other add-ins. This dairy free, gluten free cake stores well in a freezer or a cooler, till it’s time to eat up!
When I first made it, I froze it and took these pictures after about 30-40 minutes of thawing. I refroze a few slices and they thawed out wonderfully too.
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Ingredients
- 4 cups Cashews Soaked overnight and divided between the blueberry layer and strawberry layer
For the Blueberry Layer:
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cashew Milk Heated up for 40 seconds in microwave
- 2 cups soaked and drained cashews
- 1 1/2 cups Fresh Blueberries
- 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Coconut Oil Melted
For Strawberry Layer:
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cashew Milk Heated up for 40 seconds in microwave
- 2 cups soaked and drained cashews
- 1 pound Fresh Strawberries
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 2/3 cup Coconut Oil Melted
- For Garnish:
- White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Begin by warming your overnight-soaked cashews in the microwave for 40 seconds. You will divide them in half, using 2 cups in the blueberry layer, and 2 cups in the strawberry layer.
For the Blueberry Layer:
- Place 2 cups of heated cashews, heated cashew milk, fresh blueberries, sugar, vanilla and melted coconut oil together in a powerful blender. Pulse until well incorporated and creamy.
- Pour into a foil-lined cake pan and freeze for 30 minutes.
For the Strawberry Layer:
- When the blueberry layer is frozen, make the strawberry layer.
- Place 2 cups of heated cashews, heated cashew milk, one pound of fresh hulled strawberries, vanilla, sugar and melted coconut oil together in the blender and pulse until creamy.
- Pour the strawberry layer on top of the blueberry layer in the cake pan. Allow the cake to freeze for an hour.
To Serve:
- Top with berries and white chocolate chips, cut and enjoy.
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What a brilliant recipe and so beautiful!
Thanks so much Jeanette!
Oh oh oh!!!! We have a birthday girl among us. P-a-R-R-T-y-Y-Y time!!! Gorgeous berry cake Shashi! I knew nothing about cashew apples. Always love visiting because I learn so much. And, I love to see what you are up to in your kitchen. Happy Monday!
Aww Allie – thanks bunches my sweet friend! I guess the learning is mutual on both sides…I share about cashew apples and you share about the beauty inside people… Happy Tuesday dear!
This looks absolutely AMAZING! I hope your birthday season (as we call it in our family) is AMAZING!
Thanks so much Wendy!
Happy early birthday!! I am totally down with a week of cake recipes from you!! xo
Aww – Thanks so much Cassie! xo
This looks so good! And dairy free?! YES!!
Thanks bunches Nicole!!!
Happy Birthday to you Shashi, what a gorgeous cake, healthful and stunningly beautiful. Love the cashew cream. The color is so vibrant and the cake looks decadent, Enjoy your week.
Thanks so much Suzanne! I hope you have a wonderful week too 🙂
Happy early birthday, Shashi!! Happy birthday to you….happy birthday to youuuu…oh, you know the rest. Seriously, though, this cake looks so festive and awesome! I also had no idea that cashews come from cashew apples. Interesting! I’m using that as my 1 new thing I learned today. 🙂
Thanks so much David!!! Hey have you ever heard of Wood Apples? If you haven’t maybe Mrs. Spiced might have? They smell and look DISGUSTING – but, they make THE BEST jam and juice I’ve ever had!
This cake is gorgeous! It’s the perfect way to start celebrating your birthday!!
Thanks so much Jen!
the fact that you took pictures of this without it melting in HOTLANTA amazed me! haha. YUM!
Lady – am not sure what’s going on with the weather here – I heard it was hotter in NYC than it was here – last Wednesday my neck of the woods registered 59 degrees early in the AM – whaaaat????
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I LOVELOVELOVE me some cashew cream, and have been pondering about it’s ability to be a cheesecake, since it’s my most favorite thing EVER. This looks insane good lady, and I love those layers! Pinned!
You are too kind – thanks so much Taylor! Yessss I know of your LOVELOVELOVE of cashew cream – my biggest helper in making this was ma freezer 🙂
It looks beautifully creamy and so lovely and healthy too!
Thanks so very much Corina!
that’s so awesome that this has no actual dairy in it! It looks lovely!
Thanks so much!!!
Yah! A week of cakes and cookies to Celebrate Shashi’s birthday. This is DEFINITELY OK with me! Gorgeous looking cake! 🙂
Haha – thanks so much Neil – but, technically, its more like half of a week as I only post 2-3 times a week 🙂
Oh, Shashi! This cheese-like cake is looking so stunning and deeeelicious. And those berries on top look so adorable. I wish I could have a HUGE slice right away.
Aww – thanks so much Anu!!!
wow, it looks amazing! I am going to try this with almond milk when we get back home. Birthday blessings 🙂
Thanks so very much Tandy!!! I would LOVE to know how it turns out if you do – if you don’t mind! 🙂
So berry creamy and beautiful!
Thanks so much Angie!