snork ([info]pinmeup) wrote in [info]vegancooking,
@ 2006-06-18 14:35:00
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WOW! Vegan Cheesecake. YOU MUST MAKE THIS!
*EDITED****

I know a lot of people say "this tastes just like the real thing" - but don't be desensitized to that statement - this REALLY does taste like Cheesecake. I've modified a recipe that I found until perfection.

I've made this pie four times within the past week, so here is my tried and true vegan cheesecake recipe! My friends are obsessed, and some of them are picky anti-vegan cooking people. So so good.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 gram cracker pie crust (I bought mine, was easier)

2(8 ounce) containers of vegan cream cheese (I used Tofutti Cream Cheese every time I made this)

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 cups confectioners' sugar

8 tablespoons of lemon juice

4 tablespoons of vegan sour cream (again, I used Tofutti Sour Cream)

1 (21 ounce) can cherry (or strawberry) pie filling

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

2. In a blender, combine vegan cream cheese, lemon juice, confectioners' sugar. Dissolve cornstarch into sour cream and then add to the blender with the rest of the stuff above. Pour filling into crust.

3. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees F. Reduce heat to 325 and cook for another 20 minutes OR UNTIL SET(add 5 more minutes if not set, make sure it doesn't spill out). Cool on wire rack and let sit for several hours. (Better if chilled overnight!)

4. Add cherry/strawberry filling to the top of the pie and serve!



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[info]shiromaguro
2006-06-18 08:23 pm UTC (link)
which tofutti cream cheese did you use? one's really good, one's kind of icky.

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-18 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Hmm...I used the one in the predominantly white container. I believe the one in the blue container has no hydrogenated oils in it. :)

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[info]good_ole_days
2006-06-19 01:01 am UTC (link)
i bought the one in the yellow container (the one with non-hydrogenated oils), since it was all they had at the store. if it doesn't work out, i'll let you know.

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[info]moosepearson
2006-06-18 08:48 pm UTC (link)
So the cherry/strawberry pie filling gets mixed in with all the cream cheese filling and what not? Or is that layered on at the end? If the first case is the case, does the cheeeeze cake have an overly cherry/strawberry taste to it, or is it more...subtle...like true love?

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-18 09:18 pm UTC (link)
Opps, sorry. The cherry/strawberry filling gets added on top at the end. I will update the post.

Overly cherry/strawberry taste...hmm, not really. If you just push aside the topping (my roommate did, she's not a big "sweets fan" and it was too rich for her...so she pushed aside the cherries and felt the true love.)

:)

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[info]squarebed
2006-06-21 10:17 am UTC (link)
ahaha, "subtle like true love". i love it.

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[info]fractuality
2006-06-19 11:43 pm UTC (link)
I'm excited about this recipe! I went out and bought all the ingredients today but don't have time to make it yet.

I'm doing an internship and last year I did one too - and for all of my friends' birthdays and stuff last year I always made awesome chocolate rasberry cheesecake. Now that I'm trying to make everything that comes out of my kitchen vegan, I'm excited that something vegan might taste like the real thing. =) I'll let you know if I have any suggestions when I'm done. I don't have a blender, just a mixer and a food processor. The old recipe that used real cream cheese just heated it to soften it and then used a mixer so I'll try that approach.

Thanks!

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-20 04:12 am UTC (link)
So so sorry, I edited the recipe! The cooking times were off. I am so so so sorry!! I hope you didn't attempt to make it already.

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[info]fractuality
2006-06-20 12:27 pm UTC (link)
Nope I haven't yet, but I will tonight unless I get distracted by friends. =)

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[info]johnsu01
2006-06-20 03:43 am UTC (link)
This didn't turn out for me :(. The filling _rose_ toward the end of the cooking time, and then spilled out all over the place. It also developed a strange crust/skin in spots on the top, and the end texture was like, um, rubbery pudding. Any ideas what I did wrong? :)

I still tasted it, and I think I'll probably try less lemon juice next time. I also used all tofutti ingredients. But I think I used the kind of cream cheese that has no hydrogenated oils.

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-20 04:10 am UTC (link)
Hmm...I wish I could give you some advice as to what went wrong - but I just made the same pie (again) tonight and it turned out great. My only suggestions would be these:

-Buy the different Tofutti Cream Cheese, the one in the white container.

-Let the pie sit for three hours before tasting it or judging its texture. It was very "loose" for me after baking. Actually, and oddly, the longer it chills the better the texture. One of the girls I made this pie for (a non vegan, but her and her fiance loved it as much as cheesecake and it's better for you) told me that she kept a piece of it in the fridge for 1 1/2 and it was even better, with better texture.

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-20 04:15 am UTC (link)
I AM SO SORRY!! I just went to check the recipe again to make sure I written the correct times (was puzzled about why yours bubbled over) and I found out it was MY MISTAKE! I am so so sorry for you having to waste your money.

I hope you'll make it again and I hope it turns out well. Again, so so sorry! I usually wiggle the oven rack when making this pie to check if it's set. The middle is always a little wobbly for some reason, but after all the chilling...it firms up just like the rest.

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[info]johnsu01
2006-06-20 04:22 am UTC (link)
Haha, s'ok. If I were a more experienced cheesecaker I would have been able to tell. I'm sure I'll try it again. I don't think it would have been set at the shorter time period, though... I'll definitely try the other cream cheese next time too.

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[info]fractuality
2006-06-21 12:48 am UTC (link)
I always thought "set" meant not liquidy/jiggly... 10-15 minutes after you said, I took it out because it looked like the top was going to burst, despite the rest being jiggly.

Soo... dunno if it was that I used the other kind of cream cheese or what :-/ I don't really want to eat cheescake goo. Maybe I can think of it like pudding.

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[info]pinmeup
2006-06-21 02:08 am UTC (link)
Ah...that is how it should be I believe. Just put it in the fridge to chill for three hours and it will harden. :)

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