Yummy Vegan Cheesecake
16 cinnamon graham crackers, crumbled
1/2 cup vegan margarine
1 tablespoon light Karo syrup
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
16 ounces vegan cream cheese (I use Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese)
1/3 cup sugar
4 egg substitutes (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7678.0) (I use Ener-g)
1 teaspoon vanilla
juice of 1 lemon
vegan chocolate syrup (I use Ah!Laska)
fresh raspberries, to serve
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. For crust: Combine graham crackers, margarine, Karo syrup, and flour in a bowl. Mix by hand and press firmly into a round pan.
2. For filling: Combine cream cheese, sugar, egg substitutes, vanilla, and lemon juice in a blender and blend until creamy and smooth. Pour onto crust.
3. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until set (doesn't jiggle when you move the pan). Let cool. Place in refrigerator and chill for 12 hours. Drizzle with vegan chocolate syrup and add fresh raspberries.
You may use any kind of topping, such as strawberries in syrup, chocolate, vegan whipped cream, etc.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
AshleyKimball, you mentioned using brown rice syrup instead of Karo...do you use the same measurement? Also, has anyone tried this with flax instead of Ener-G? I have used flax in "bready" cakes, but I'm curious how it would work in a cheesecake
i love using flax as an egg replacement. i think it works better than ener g. just add 1 tbl flax seeds (ground) to 3 tbl of warm water for one egg. let it sit for a minute to let it congeal, then add it to your recipe.
Has anyone tried using any egg subs other than the Ener-G?? I really want to try this!
This recipe is incredible.
I've made a lot of tofu/vegan cheesecakes, and while they've all tasted good, they just never had the right texture, flavor, or taste to justify calling them cheesecakes.
Well this recipe is much different. It was sooooooo easy to make, and tasted so rich and creamy and cheesy. I made this for easter dinner and my non-vegan boyfriend and mom just loved it. I baked it in an oreo-cookie-type crust and topped with frozen (thawed) raspberries and strawberry glaze. This one is definitely a keeper!
OM GOD! This was so good. My boyfriend eat most of it. He's got quite the sweet tooth and recently this cafe in our hood that served the best vegan cheese cake shut down so he was having major cravings for it. He said this was better!
I made a berry sauce for the top that's real easy. I just thawed a hand full of frozen unsweetened berries and mixed a tablespoon of maple syrup. It's easy and really goes well with this cheese cake.
Thanks for this one, it's great!
thanks to all who took the time to point out my error. i must have overlooked the two new versions. but still, they are a bit expensive for me and are really fatty. so if anybody out there does have a decent recipe for cream cheese (perhaps something mostly silken tofu based?), please let me know. thanks!
willwolf is correct. the yellow tub of cream cheese is free of hydrogenated oils.
and sour supreme contains hydrogenated oils, but the 'better than sour cream' does not. hope this helps!
A_FLAT, Tofutti actually makes 2 versions of both their cream cheese and sour cream. One version of each has hydrogenated oils, but the other version of each doesn't.
a_flat, I'm looking at my tub of Tofutti cream cheese and there are no hydrogenated oils listed in the ingredients. Maybe they stopped making it in this manner?
Anyhoo, of all the cheesecake recipes I've scoped on VegWeb, this looks like the one that I'll be able to impress my omni family with the most (plus, I heart Tofutti cream cheese and trust their abilities to mock the cream cheese flavor moreso than mine, hee hee). I'll have to try this for a nice family dinner.
I stopped making vegan cheesecakes when i realized that both tofutti brand cream cheese and sour cream contain transfats (for those who don't know, partially hydrogenated oil = trans fat) and companies can legally claim that their product is free of trans fat as long as it is less than 0.5 g per serving. So anyways, does anybody have a good recipe for cream cheese? I would really appreciate any feedback. thanks
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