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Käsekuchen vegan mit Seidentofu
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4.23 from 71 votes

The perfect vegan cheesecake – with silken tofu

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

Cake base:

  • 260 gr 2 cups flour
  • 80 gr 1/3 cup sugar (i.e. cane sugar)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp soy flour
  • 140 gr vegan butter /margarine

Cheese cream:

  • 800 gr 28 oz. Taifun silken tofu
  • 150 gr 3/4 cup cane sugar
  • 60-70 gr 1/2 cup starch
  • Pulp of 2-3 vanilla beans or 4 tsp vanilla extract
  • Zest of 1 organic lemon
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 70 ml 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 2 Tbsp soy flour

Meringue:

  • 100 ml 1/2 cup aquafaba (water of chickpeas)
  • 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 100 gr 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Cake base:

  • Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and soy flour
  • Add cold butter/margarine
  • Knead into a smooth dough – wrap it in foil and place it in fridge for approx. 30 minutes

Cheese cream:

  • Add the silken tofu along with all other ingredients into a mixer/food processor and mix on high level until the mixture is smooth, there shouldn’t be any chunks left
  • The more starch you use, the more solid the cheese cream gets

Meringue:

  • Put the aquafaba into a bowl and whip it using a mixer or food processor
  • Slowly stir in the cream of tartar, powdered sugar and vanilla
  • Depending on which machine you use, it may take a little longer for the aquafaba to stiffen, approx. 5-10 minutes

Bake:

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F)
  • Take the cake base out of the fridge
  • Either grease a large springform pan ø 26 cm (10”) or two small ones ø 18 cm (7“) or line them with baking paper
  • Put the dough into the pan and press it down firmly as well as 2/3 from the sides
  • Put the cheese cream onto it
  • Bake the small pans for approx. 30-40 minutes, the large one for approx. 45-55 minutes
  • If you bake the golden drop cake with meringue, put the meringue onto the cake for the last 20 minutes and bake it
  • Let the cake cool off and take the cake out of the pan

Nutrition

Serving: 1g