This tofu cheesecake is really delicious and the texture is more like a flan so if you add a caramel on top it will be even more scrumptious! You will have to double or triple the recipe if your cake pan is big. I promised the full recipe and it is here. 🙂
INGREDIENTS
1 block of silken tofu (350g)
1 cup of powdered/icing sugar
1/2 tablespoon of vanilla essence
2 teaspoons of agar-agar powder
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 cup of soy milk
FOR THE CRUST
Melted Vegan spread
Pack of coconut cookies, oreos or digestive
PREPARATION
First, we will start with the crust. Take some cookies and using a rolling pin or food processor mix everything until it becomes crumby. Melt some Vegan spread and add it to the crumbs. Mix everything, you want it to be a little wet so you can add it to your pan and press down. Using the back of a cup, press down the crumb mixture into your pan (you can also use the back of a spoon or your clean hands). Set aside in the fridge.
Take a paper towel and carefully dry the tofu so all the liquid is removed. Add the tofu to your blender or food processor and incorporate the sugar, vanilla essence and lemon juice. Please make sure to add the lemon juice otherwise your cake will be too sweet. Mix everything well until very smooth. Pour contents into a large bowl.
Warm the soy milk on the stove and add the agar-agar powder. Agar activates with heat, so keep whisking non-stop for 4 minutes. You might see the liquid starting to thicken a little bit, if it doesn’t don’t worry it doesn’t mean it is not working. Agar-agar is the Vegan version of gelatin, so you usually use it to thicken certain ingredients. It is pricey BUT you don’t need to use much of it when making cakes or cheese.
Turn off the stove and add the liquid mixture to your tofu mix. Vert carefully combine everything with a large spoon.
Take out the crust from the fridge and add the tofu mixture on top.
This is a non-bake recipe so all you have to do is put it back in the fridge and wait for at least 5 hours or overnight.
Say Cheeseeeeecake! 🙂
