Chocolate orange cheesecake (Vegan)

Makes 10 servings

Chocolate orange cheesecake (Vegan)

Unbelievably rich and creamy chocolate orange ‘cheesecake’.
After my successful classic vanilla baked cheesecake I feel that the sky is the limit (as far as vegan cheesecake goes 😊). I made this new variation for Christmas day lunch and it was very well received!

It is amazing how the texture and taste of this baked no-cheesecake is so much like a traditional cheesecake. Also, unlike traditional cheesecake, this plant based version doesn’t seem to be prone to cracks, so you can have the perfect no-cheesecake every single time.

The flavours I choose this time are crowd pleasers: chocolate and orange.
The crunchy biscuit base is made using Bourbon biscuits (Lidl’s own brand), which are accidentally vegan. Make sure you check the label, as I found that not all brands of Bourbon biscuits are vegan.
I hope you feel inspired to give this amazing cheesecake a try!

Ingredients

Biscuit base

• 220g vegan Bourbon biscuits
• 1 tablespoon Flora buttery (melted)

No-cheese cheesecake filling

• 190g cashew nuts (soaked)
• 350g firm silken tofu (pressed)
• 200ml almond milk
• 100g vegan white chocolate (melted)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 lemon (juice)
• ½ orange (zest & juice)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

1. Prep work: soak the cashew nuts in boiling water for a coupe of hours; wrap the tofu in kitchen paper roll and press for a couple of hours.
2. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4. Use a food processor to pulse the biscuits to a breadcrumb consistency. Pour in the melted Flora and combine. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of a 9 inch/23 cm tart tin.
3. In a blender, whizz together all the cheesecake ingredients until smooth. The resulting texture should be similar to sour cream and should be pourable. Add more almond milk if the resulting texture is too thick.
4. Pour the no-cheesecake filling over the biscuit base and bake for 30 minutes. Leave the cheesecake cool down in the oven, with the oven door half open. Once cool, store in the fridge and serve with more orange and chocolate. Enjoy!