A decadent Christmas treat; chocolate orange cheesecake with rich chocolate base and creamy chocolate orange cream cheese topping.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Vegan Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
Prep Time20minutes
Plus Setting Time6hours
Total Time6hours20minutes
Servings8
Calories368kcal
Ingredients
Base
185gvegan GF chocolate biscuits
100gdairy free spread
Filling
150gvegan cream cheeseI used Nush
125gicing sugar
100gdark chocolate chips
3tbspvegan cream
1tbsporange extract
1tbspcorn flour
Optional:
8Dairy Free Chocolate Orange Segments
Instructions
Take an 8” cake tin, ideally with a springboard base.
Place the biscuits into a food processor/blender and blend until crumbly, but not too fine.
Melt the dairy-free butter/margarine in a small saucepan over the hob.
In a bowl, add in the crushed biscuits and pour over the melted butter and mix until like wet sand. You want it to hold its shape.
Press the mixture into the cake tin, making sure to compact it in using a spoon or clean hands. The more compact it is, the less likely it will crumble.
Place into the freezer whilst you make the filling.
Filling
Place the dark chocolate into a heat proof bowl over a pan of boiling water to melt the chocolate. Stir occasionally and make sure you don’t let the chocolate burn.
Add the dairy-free cream cheese, icing sugar, vegan cream, cornflour and melted chocolate to a mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer with ballon blade for around 5 minutes, or until smooth.
Pour the cheesecake filling over the base and level out with a knife/ spatula/ spoon. Or use your spoon to create a swirl pattern on the top. If using, add the chocolate orange segments now.
Place the cheesecake in the fridge to set. Allow the cheesecake to set fully before removing from the cake tin. This will take around 4-6 hours (I leave mine to set overnight).