The Creamiest Tofu Cheesecake in the World
Yield
1 cakePrep
30 minCook
60 minReady
10 hrsIngredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
Crust | |||
1 | cup |
graham cracker crumbs
|
* |
½ | cup |
almonds
finely ground |
|
¼ | cup |
sugar crystals
unrefined |
* |
2 | large |
eggs
|
|
4 | tablespoons |
butter
unsalted |
|
Filling | |||
16 | ounces |
silken tofu
|
|
16 | ounces |
tofu
cream cheese |
|
¾ | cup |
sugar
|
|
4 | teaspoons |
lemon zest
|
|
2 | tablespoons |
lemon juice
fresh |
|
½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
2 | tablespoons |
arrowroot flour
|
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
Crust | |||
237 | ml |
graham cracker crumbs
|
* |
118 | ml |
almonds
finely ground |
|
59 | ml |
sugar crystals
unrefined |
* |
2 | large |
eggs
|
|
6E+1 | ml |
butter
unsalted |
|
Filling | |||
462.4 | ml/g |
silken tofu
|
|
462.4 | ml/g |
tofu
cream cheese |
|
177 | ml |
sugar
|
|
2E+1 | ml |
lemon zest
|
|
3E+1 | ml |
lemon juice
fresh |
|
2.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
3E+1 | ml |
arrowroot flour
|
Directions
The butter or margarine is to be melted.
Preheat the oven to 350℉ (180℃).
For the crust, in a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs with the ground almonds and sweetener.
With a fork, blend the butter, spread or margarine into the mixture until it clings together when you press a teaspoon of it between your fingers.
Turn the mixture into a 8-inch springform pan.
With your fingers or the back of a soup spoon, spread and pat the crust until it covers the bottom of the pan.
Keep working the crust up the sides of the pan to a height of about 1 inch, leaving it thicker around the bottom edge, where the sides and bottom of the pan meet.
Make sure the crust is thinner around the top edge.
Bake the crust 8 minutes.
Set aside to cool slightly.
For the filling, purée the tofu in a food processor.
Add the cream cheese and process to blend.
Add the sugar and eggs and process to incorporate them completely.
Blend in the lemon juice and vanilla.
Finally, blend in the arrowroot.
Pour the filling into the prepared crust, filling it to within ½-inch of the top.
Bake in the center of the oven for 60 minutes.
The cake will be golden on top, slightly browned around the edges, and still puffed and jiggling in the center.
Turn off the heat but leave the cake sitting in the oven for 60 minutes.
(It is ok to peek quickly once or twice.)
The warm cake will still be just soft to the touch in the center.
Set the cake on a rack and let cool to room temperature.
Cover the cake lightly with foil and refrigerate overnight before serving.
Notes: The cake will taste delicious once it is chilled through, but only reaches full creaminess after being refrigerated 8 hours, or overnight.