Caramel Cheesecake
Caramel. Chocolate. Cheesecake. All three of my favorite things together in one dessert! New York Style Vegan Caramel Cheesecake is creamy and dense with caramel in every bite!
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 Recipe Chocolate Shortbread (1½c cookies) (140g)
- 4 Tbs Vegan Butter (56g)
For the Caramel Sauce:
- 2 cup Granulated Sugar 400g
- ½ cup Water 120ml
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice or Vinegar 5ml
- 1 cup High Fat Plant Milk 237ml
- ¼ teaspoon Salt *optional
For the Cheesecake Batter:
- 2 cup Vegan Cream Cheese *see notes 454g
- 4 Tbs Vegan Butter 56g
- ½ cup Light Brown Sugar 100g
- 4 Tbs Cornstarch 32g *see notes
- 2 Tbs All Purpose Flour 16g
- ¼ cup Plant Milk 118ml
- 1 teaspoon Vegan Lactic Acid or ACV
- pinch Salt
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 10ml
- ½ cup Caramel sauce from recipe above 120ml
Instructions
- You can prepare the caramel sauce days in advance to make this project easier!
- For the Caramel: Combine the sugar, water & lemon juice (or vinegar) together in a large heavy bottom sauce pot The pot must be larger than you think because once you pour in the plant milk it will bubble up aggressively I cannot stress enough to BE CAREFUL when cooking caramel!
- Stir the sugar solution only until it is dissolved not after it starts to boil or you will get crystals in your caramel!
- Watch it carefully as it turns from a light amber to medium amber, take it off the heat when it is medium amber as it will continue to cook & darken even after you remove it from the heat
- Slowly & carefully pour in the plant milk , then once the bubbling subsides stir it to a smooth sauce
- Pour into a heat proof container & refrigerate until needed *it will thicken as it sits!
- Prepare the cookie dough ahead of time and roll out the shapes ~ I just made round cut outs for the cheesecake base since they will be crushed anyway & extra stars for decor for the final cheesecake out of the excess dough*Eliminate one recipe by using your favorite store bought variety!
- First prepare the crust by crushing 140g (approx 1½ cups) cookies in a food processor to fine crumbs.
- Add the melted vegan butter & pulse until it resembles wet sand
- Grease & parchment line a 7" cake pan then press the crumbs evenly on the bottom and up the sides. Freeze while you prepare the cheesecake batter
- For the Cheesecake Combine all of the cheesecake ingredients including the caramel sauce into the work bowl of your food processor & pulse to blend
- Scrape the sides of the bowl to ensure an even mix then blend again to a smooth mixture
- Bake in a greased & parchment lined 7" cake pan in a water bath in a preheated 350°F and bake for 60 minutes~ the cheesecake will no longer be liquid in the center but jiggly like jello.
- Turn off the oven but let the cheesecake stay inside to cool for another hour
- Remove from the oven & refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight
- Un mold the cheesecake onto your serving platter & decorate as you like.
- I added some of the extra caramel to my buttercream recipe for the rosettes and drizzled the remaining caramel sauce over each slice at serving
Notes
Tofutti Cream Cheese is the only brand I will use 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.
CLICK HERE FOR MY HOMEMADE TOFUTTI CREAM CHEESE COPY CAT RECIPECopy Cat Tofutti Cream Cheese Recipe 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. Storage Caramel Cheesecake must be kept refrigerated at all times and will stay fresh wrapped loosely for up to 10 days. I do not like to freeze vegan cheesecakes as I find their texture changes and gets soggy on the thaw.
CLICK HERE FOR MY HOMEMADE TOFUTTI CREAM CHEESE COPY CAT RECIPECopy Cat Tofutti Cream Cheese Recipe 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. Storage Caramel Cheesecake must be kept refrigerated at all times and will stay fresh wrapped loosely for up to 10 days. I do not like to freeze vegan cheesecakes as I find their texture changes and gets soggy on the thaw.
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