Nettie Cronish's Chocolate Tofu Cheesecake For Nonbelievers

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons apple juice
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 lb firm tofu, rinsed
• 2 bananas, quartered
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup vanilla-flavored soymilk
• 1/2 cup almond butter
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon miso

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• 2 in a bowl, stir together the 4 crust ingredients and press onto the bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes; let cool.
• 4 to make filling, rinse tofu and cut into quarters.
• 5 in food processor, puree tofu until smooth.
• 6 add bananas, maple syrup, soy milk, almond butter, cocoa, lemon juice, vanilla and miso; blend until very smooth.
• 7 pour over crust.
• 8 bake for 55 minutes in preheated oven or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 9 let cool completely before serving.
• 10 use a serrated knife for cutting, for best results.