Description
A delightful no-bake cheesecake combining chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavors, perfect for warm days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 300g digestive biscuits
- 150g dairy-free butter/margarine
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 200g cashew nuts (soaked overnight)
- 500g dairy-free/vegan cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 60g Flora Plant Double Cream
- 100g icing/powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons strawberry jam
- Pink food gel/natural color (e.g., beet powder)
- 150g dairy-free dark chocolate
- 100ml Flora Plant Double Cream (for ganache)
- 100ml Flora Plant Double Cream (for decoration)
- Ice-cream cones (gluten-free if needed)
Instructions
- Line the base of an 8โ loose-base cake tin with greaseproof paper.
- Melt the dairy-free butter over low heat, then mix with crushed digestive biscuits and cocoa powder.
- Press the mixture firmly into the lined tin.
- Drain soaked cashew nuts and blend with cream cheese, vanilla, plant cream, and icing sugar until smooth.
- Divide mixture; flavor half with strawberry jam and add food gel.
- Layer the strawberry mixture over the base and refrigerate overnight to set.
- Pour the vanilla mixture over the set strawberry layer and chill overnight.
- For ganache, melt dark chocolate with plant cream until smooth, then let cool slightly.
- Pour ganache over the cheesecake and smooth it out.
- Whip plant cream until thick and place on top of the cheesecake, adding ice-cream cone decorations.
- Finish with chocolate drizzle and fresh strawberry slices.
Notes
Soak cashew nuts overnight for best texture. Substitute strawberry jam with fresh strawberries for a natural flavor.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: no-bake cheesecake, vegan dessert, Neapolitan cheesecake, gluten-free dessert, summer dessert
