Vegan Lemon Cheesecake

Go Dairy Free viewer, Lelly, alerted us to this fantastic vegan lemon cheesecake recipe:

I found this in a Mag. It was ranked best cheese cake and was tested next to a real one and they could barely tell difference. I don’t like Tofu and I thought it was great. The credit goes to a woman named Nicole Weston Nov. 2004 on a web sight called bakingsheet (now Baking Bites).

And Nicole was kind enough to permit reprint of the recipe and photos!  Thank you Leslie and Nicole!

From Nicole of Baking Bites:

When I make something vegan, I do not tell people – excluding veg friends – that it is vegan. I prefer to suprise them with it once they’ve already eaten some. This cheesecake got good reviews, even after it was revealed to be vegan. I don’t think anyone would deny that this is a tasty cheesecake. It was a cross between a dense, New York style cheesecake and a lighter, European style cheesecake. It had a great texture, a bit melting, light and fluffy. I chose to make it lemon flavored, not wanting another dense chocolate dessert, but you could substitute orange or lime juice for the lemon. Per slice, not necessarily by weight, this cheesecake has half of the calories and more than 3 times less fat than regular cheesecake. Good reason to have seconds!

Special Diet Notes: Vegan Lemon Cheesecake

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, optionally gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, plant-based, vegan, and vegetarian.

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Vegan Lemon Cheesecake

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

This is a great make-ahead dessert as it benefits from time to cool and chill.

Author: Nicole at Baking Bites

Serves: 1 9-inch cake or 10 slices

Ingredients

• 1-14 oz package firm silken tofu
• 1-8 oz package dairy-free cream cheese alternative (Nicole uses Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese)
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1-9 inch pie crust (use a gluten-free crust for gluten-free)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Place silken tofu and vegan cream cheese in the food processor. Process for 1 minute, then add sugar. Process until smooth and no sugar granules remain, 3-5 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, combine lemon juice and almond extract. Whisk in cornstarch. Pour mixture into the food processor and process until very smooth. Pour into prepared crust and bake for 45 minutes.
4. Allow to cool at room temperature for 2 hours, then refrigerate overnight.

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