Baked Chocolate Tofu Cheesecake Food

BAKED CHOCOLATE TOFU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a 8½-inch round springform cake tin with non-stick baking paper. To make the base, combine the coconut, cashew butter and maple. Press into the prepared tin and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
• To make the filling, place the tofu, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa and cornflour into the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Pour over the base and bake for 30 minutes or until just set. Set aside for 30 minutes, then chill for 2 hours or until cold. Serve in wedges with blueberries and whipped coconut cream.

CHOCOLATE TOFU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• Melt chocolate chips in the microwave or over a double broiler. In a food processor or blender, combine the tofu, melted chocolate, syrup, vanilla and salt; puree until smooth.
• In a small bowl, combine crumbs, cocoa and sugar, stirring until well mixed. Drizzle in oil, and mix thoroughly until well combined. Using your fingers, firmly press into the bottom of your prepared pan. Pour filling over top crust and bake for about 45 minutes. Allow to cool, and chill for several hours.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH A STRAWBERRY TOPPING

Steps:

• For the cheesecake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. Use the bottom of a dry measuring cup to gently press the graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan; the crust will not be very thick. Spray the crust with cooking spray. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• In a blender, combine the cottage cheese, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla and blend until smooth. Pour into the crust and bake until almost set but still jiggly in the center, about 40 minutes. Let cool completely. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or up to overnight.
• For the strawberry sauce: While the cheesecake is baking, combine the strawberries and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer and let simmer until the berries start to break down, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with the water, salt and vanilla in a small bowl until completely combined, creating a slurry. Add the slurry to the strawberries and cook until it thickens, another 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then transfer to a container and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Serve the cheesecake cold, topped with the strawberry sauce.

TOFU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Bake pie crust in oven according to package directions. (I used a whole wheat pie crust, to very good results!).
• To make filling, crumble tofu into blender. Add all remaining ingredients except Fruit Topping; blend well.
• Pour tofu mixture into prepared pie crust, and bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes.
• Cool first, then add your favorite fruit topping if desired.

CHOCOLATE TOFU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 9-inch spring-form pan.
• Blend tofu, cream cheese, maple syrup, coconut oil, cold butter, sucanat, cocoa powder, egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a blender or food processor until smooth; pour into prepared spring-form pan.
• Cover the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil and place it into a pan at least 1 inch larger than the spring-form pan. Pour about 1/2 inch water into the larger pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until mostly set, about 1 hour and 20 minutes; cool at room temperature until just warm before chilling completely in refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.

VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make graham cracker crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in middle and lower third and put a baking sheet on lower rack. Flip bottom of springform pan so lip is facing down, then lock in place. Grease bottom and side of pan.
• Stir together all crust ingredients, then press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of pan. Bake until set, 10 to 12 minutes, then cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• Make chocolate tofu filling:
• Heat 1 cup sugar in a 1 1/2-to 2-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a fork to heat sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and cook, swirling pan occasionally so sugar melts evenly, until it is dark amber. Remove from heat and carefully stir in water (mixture will bubble up and steam and caramel will harden), then cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until caramel has dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in chopped chocolate until smooth. Cool fudge sauce slightly.
• Purée tofu and cocoa in a food processor until smooth.
• Beat soy cream cheese and remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy. At low speed, beat in tofu purée, vanilla, salt, and fudge sauce until incorporated.
• Pour filling into crust and bake on middle rack until top of cake is shiny but center is still slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave cake in oven 1 hour more.
• Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen, then cool completely in pan on rack (cake will continue to set as it cools). Chill cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving if desired.

TOFU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a blender or food processor, combine tofu, sugar, vanilla, salt, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Blend until smooth. Pour into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until slightly brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven to cool. Refrigerate until chilled.