VEGAN OREO CHEESECAKE YAY
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sabotabbyI made some delicious cheesecakes for people and it came out yum. One was for a retiring co-worker (*sniff*); the other for personal reasons.
I basically use the same structure for most of my cheesecakes now and vary the flavouring depending on my whims.
THE CRUST
• One bag (approx. 3 cups) of cookie crumbs. If you have trouble finding cookie crumbs, you can smash actual cookies, which I’ve done in fits of desperation. I don’t recommend doing this because it’s too oily.
• Three tbsp vegan margarine + two tbsp water
• Three tbsp sugar
Mix the crumbs with the sugar, then nuke the margarine and the water together and add that too. It should look like wet dirt. Mash it into a springform pan and bake it for 15-20 minutes. Let cool.
THE CHEESE BIT
• 3 cups of cashews, soaked overnight haha just kidding you can get away with soaking them for two hours if your blender is up to the task
• ¾ cup lemon juice
• 2/3 cup maple syrup
• ¾ cup melted coconut oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla (if you want to vary the flavourings, this is where you do it)
Dump all the ingredients in a blender and blend until it’s just mush. Avoid upending contents of entire blender right into your facehole. Instead, pour it into the crust. Stick in the fridge until set.
THE FANCY TOPPING
I just dump some more vegan margarine and vegan chocolate together and melt it. (If you’ve never melted chocolate before, you do it in a bowl over a pot of boiling water.) Then I take a spoon and drizzle it all over the cake, Jackson Pollock style. I guess if you want to be classy you could top with mini Oreos or something.
The result was fucking FLAWLESS and even my omnivorous co-workers were raving about it.
I basically use the same structure for most of my cheesecakes now and vary the flavouring depending on my whims.
THE CRUST
• One bag (approx. 3 cups) of cookie crumbs. If you have trouble finding cookie crumbs, you can smash actual cookies, which I’ve done in fits of desperation. I don’t recommend doing this because it’s too oily.
• Three tbsp vegan margarine + two tbsp water
• Three tbsp sugar
Mix the crumbs with the sugar, then nuke the margarine and the water together and add that too. It should look like wet dirt. Mash it into a springform pan and bake it for 15-20 minutes. Let cool.
THE CHEESE BIT
• 3 cups of cashews, soaked overnight haha just kidding you can get away with soaking them for two hours if your blender is up to the task
• ¾ cup lemon juice
• 2/3 cup maple syrup
• ¾ cup melted coconut oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla (if you want to vary the flavourings, this is where you do it)
Dump all the ingredients in a blender and blend until it’s just mush. Avoid upending contents of entire blender right into your facehole. Instead, pour it into the crust. Stick in the fridge until set.
THE FANCY TOPPING
I just dump some more vegan margarine and vegan chocolate together and melt it. (If you’ve never melted chocolate before, you do it in a bowl over a pot of boiling water.) Then I take a spoon and drizzle it all over the cake, Jackson Pollock style. I guess if you want to be classy you could top with mini Oreos or something.
The result was fucking FLAWLESS and even my omnivorous co-workers were raving about it.
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Date: 2016-11-21 06:40 pm (UTC)Walnuts could be used instead of cashews, right?
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