Blueberry Raspberry Cashew "Cheese" Cake - no baked
I have really perfected this recipe by adding berries and having layers! This recipe is amazing with blueberry as the first layer and raspberry as the top layer. INCREDIBLE. You can do just blueberry or just raspberry, Or plain layer and one berry layer. This recipe is for 6" diameter, if you have a 10" diameter pan, then times ingredients by 3.Raw cashews are used, not roasted.
Ingredients
Soak Cashews first!! Over night or pour boiling water onto them for 30 minutes.
Almond Flour Base (improvement to the Graham Cracker base - no sugar!)
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or butter softened
- 2 pinches sea salt or himalayan salt
"Cashew" Cheese Layer
- 1 1/2 cups raw cashew soaked soak 4-12 hours with cold water or soak in boiled water from kettle for 30 minutes
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 lemon or 2/3 orange squeezed ~2-3 tablespoons
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey (non-vegan)
- 3/4 cup coconut cream (solids part) or 5 oz can of coconut cream. Coconut milk - need to put in fridge for 4 hrs or overnight to separate cream and milk. 5 oz coconut cream can just use!
- 1/4 cup coconut milk or almond milk coconut milk from the watery part of the coconut milk can.
- 2 pinches sea salt or himalayan salt
Instructions
Almond Flour Base
- Mix the base ingredients in a medium bowl. Then press into 6 inch round cheesecake or springform pan.
- Put in freezer.
Cashew "cheese" layer
- Soak raw cashews at least 4-12 hours with cold water, OR soak in boiled water from kettle for 30 minutes. Raw cashews are not roasted.
- Melt coconut oil, squeeze lemon (~2-3 tablespoons).
- In a food processor put soaked cashews, melted coconut oil, lemon, coconut cream, coconut milk, vanilla, maple syrup and sea salt. Use Pulsing and mix till smooth. "Cashew mixture"
- Used large BLENDTEC blender container. Take ~1 cup of cashew mixture and add 1/2 cup frozen blueberries BLEND. Add 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and BLEND. If too thick add 1 tbsp of almond milk.
- Pour onto base. Put in Freezer.
- Used large BLENDTEC blender container - 400ml ~1.7cups of cashew mixture and 250 ml - 1 cup of raspberries. BLEND (60% raspberries to cashew mixture.
- Carefully put into a ziploc freezer bag, close. Place in freezer on flat surface.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours up to 1 month best or upto 3 months (freezer burn after that).
- Take it out of freezer to thaw for 1 hour before eating if froze 4 hours. If overnight or longer, take it out 3 hours, depending on room temperature.
- Add decorations - fruit or coconut chips, nuts, etc.
- ENJOY!!!