Blackforest Cheesecake

This Blackforest Cheesecake is creamy, crumbly, chocolatey and jammmy, as well as being vegan. There really is something quite extraordinary about cherries paired with chocolate and since it’s not often I get to eat cherries, I thought I’d eat them how I see fit, which is obviously with some chocolate!

I’m not really an oreo fan, but as a biscuit base, especially when you’re feeling lazy, it works pretty well with its dense, yet smooth and crumbly crunch.

In regards to the cherries, as much as they’re great fresh, I really wanted to go for a proper ‘shop-bought’ style cheesecake so I made a jelly-like jam to top it off which gave the whole pudding a multitude of textures to excite every tastebud.

Blackforest Cheesecake Recipe

Serving size:

Serves 8

Ingredients for Blackforest Cheesecake:

• 300g oreos crushed
• 3 tbsp coconut oil
• 100g cashews soaked overnight or for 1 hour in hot water
• 2 tbsp coconut sugar
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 300ml coconut cream
• 250g cherries stoned
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 tsp agar agar
• 250ml water
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Method:

1. In a saucepan, heat the oil before mixing in the crushed oreos.
2. Line a tin or pie dish with the oreo mix, pressing firmly into the edges of the dish.
3. Keep aside in the refrigerator.
4. In a blender, add the cashews, coconut sugar, syrup, vanilla extract and coconut cream and blend until smooth and creamy.
5. Pour into the biscuit base and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
6. In a saucepan, dissolve the agar into water before bringing to a boil.
7. Add the cherries, sugar, almond extract, lemon juice and 3 tbsp water and cook for 15 minutes or until cherries have softened.
8. Dissolve the agar into the water before pouring into the saucepan with the cherries.
9. Bring to a simmer and allow to cool slightly before pouring over the cheesecake.
10. Refrigerate for a further 1-2 hours.

Made this Recipe?

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If you like cheesecake …

You should definitely give these recipes a try:

Mars Cheesecake

Biscoff Cheesecake

Bounty Cheesecake

Snickers Cheesecake

Big Thanks to…

Little Sweet Baker for their inspiration in helping me to create this recipe. You can find their version here.

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