Description
This easy to make cheescake will absolutely melt in your mouth.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 100g Marie biscuits, crushed
- 80g Melted butter
Filling
- 300g Pressed Tofu (momen tofu)
- 15g Gelatine powder
- 70g Water
- 2 tsp Green tea powder mix with 5 tbsp hot water
- 250g Cream cheese (room temperature)
- 200g Natural yogurt/sour cream
- 60g Soya milk (reduced sugar)/fresh milk
- 100g Icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
For the crust
- Line and grease a 8″ springform cake pan
- Combine crushed biscuit crumbs and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. Press the biscuit crumbs onto the base of the prepared pan and chill in the refrigerator for later use.
For the filling
- Wrap tofu in cheesecloth and press out water from tofu by placing a heavy object on top for about 15 mins.
- Soak gelatine powder in water and leave aside for about 5 minutes.
- Mix green tea powder with 5 tbsp hot water. Set aside.
- In a food processor, blend cream cheese, tofu, yogurt, soya milk, icing sugar and vanilla till very smooth.
- Heat gelatine powder mixture in a double boiler till melted and add to cream cheese mixture and blend well.
- Pour 3/4 cream cheese mixture into one bowl and 1/4 to another. Mix green tea mixture to 1/4 plain filling, mix well.
- Spoon plain and green tea cream cheese filling alternately into pan, till all the mixtures are used up and gently shake the pan a little.
- To make swirls, gently run a chopstick in circular motion.
- Chill cake in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- For perfect slices, cut cheesecake with a hot knife.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 4 hours