Miniature Cheesecake ~ Spring Assortment

The best vegan cheesecake recipe all dressed up for Easter!

Miniature two bite cheesecakes for a pretty spring party!

 

Many people will bake miniature cheesecake in muffin cups

But if youwant a very affordable pan specific for miniature cheesecake

The presentation is just so much prettier!

With my new obsession for natural food coloring and my best recipe for vegan cheesecake

These two things together make the most beautiful miniature vegan cheesecakes perfect for spring!

I’ve been experimenting lately with these flower powder natural food colors I picked up from Suncore Foods 

*Not sponsored

 

I am really digging the vibrant colors and the fact that they are all natural!

Of course if you did not want to buy them for yourself, as they are very pricey at almost $20 per bag

You could always use a tiny drop of whatever food coloring you are using for the same effect

The flower powder does however impart a subtle nuance of flowery essence

And depending on the recipes acidity it can change the color of the final result due to the pH level!

#science

Notes for Success:

The Hibiscus Flower Powder makes the cheesecake taste a bit fruity and almost reminded me of a raspberry cheesecake

The Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Powder is very subtle and reminded me of roses somehow!

I was using the colors very sparingly since I notice when they bake they intensify almost 4 times!

The Wolfberry Goji Berry Powder was gorgeous in the cheesecake batter but for some reason when it baked it disappeared!

So for that one I think that 1 teaspoon would have been better than the 1/4 teaspoon I used for the others

The Carrot Powder was awesomely vibrant but did not impart much flavor at all

My base cheesecake recipe which is the starting point for all my cheesecake recipes is perfect all by itself

So again if you want to forgo the flower powders and the food colors all together, by all means you don’t have to get all fancy like I did!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE THESE ASSORTED SPRING CHEESECAKES!

More Notes for Success!!

I only use Tofutti Cream Cheese for my BAKED recipes *not sponsored

I have not had success with any other brand in BAKED recipes; for some reason some other brands I’ve tried have broken down into an oily mess when baked.

However more recently some of my viewers have commented on some of those brands that now seem to work in baked recipes?

One noted having success with Violife, another person stated they  used Miyokos original and it turned out divine,

While Treeline cream cheese in Connecticut; and in the UK, the Asda supermarket brand works great

When measuring cornstarch I cannot stress enough that a kitchen scale is the best way to go.

Cornstarch is a very difficult ingredient to measure consistently with a volume spoons measure

So while I list both measures below I cannot stress enough how the grams measure with a scale is going to give you the best results.

Many times people have complained that their cheesecake is like rubber and they don’t know why!

This is from a heavy measure of cornstarch when using volume measuring spoon vs the 100% accurate scale measure in grams.

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For the white chocolate coconut nests I used about 1 cup of unsweetened natural coconut flakes mixed with approximately  4 Tablespoons of melted vegan white chocolate

Pressed into a plastic wrapped lined mini muffin tin until they set

I also use Little Secrets peanut candies for the “eggs” *not sponsored

I simply wash them quickly under cold water to get off that intense color for a more subtle speckled egg look

For more of the best vegan cheesecake recipes click the links below!

Piña Colada Cheesecake Bars

The Best Vegan Cheesecake Recipe Ever! Strawberry Cheesecake

Vegan Double Chocolate Cheesecake