Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Mango Cheesecake (eggless)

I wanted to make an eggless cheesecake and was looking at lot of recipes for it. I just combined few recipes and decided to add mango puree to it. I used the Alphonso mango puree from the Indian store, I think that is the best mango puree that you can use. Alphonso mangoes have a rich sweet taste. If you have tasted it you will agree that they the best mangoes in the world. I wanted to get that taste in my cheesecake.

I was not sure whether I would get that result in my cake because sometimes baking subdues the taste, especially with added fruits. But the result was amazing and I would say that it has become my favorite dessert. It is the best thing that I ever had as a dessert. The melting creaminess with mango flavor makes you forget the world, when your mouth is full of it. Just savor the sweet mango moment, I bet it will be a pampering moment for you, a spa for your taste-buds.



Ingredients:
Crust-
  • 1-1/2 cup crackers (graham, oreos or any regular/ chocolate cracker on the sweeter side) crushed
  • 6 tbsp melted butter
Filling-
  • 4 8oz cream cheese packs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 cups mango puree
  • 3/4  cup sugar (add more sugar a tbsp at a time if you like it sweeter)
  • 1/4 cup egg replacer 
  • 3 tbsp cake flour
Mango Glaze-
  • 1-1/2 cup mango puree
  • 2 tbsp agar agar powder or gelatin
  • 2-3 tsp sugar
Directions:
Crust-
  • Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
  • Mix the crushed crackers and melted butter.
  • Spread the mixture on the base of a springform pan.
  • Press it firmly using a spoon or your hands.
  • Bake it for ten minutes and let it cool completely.
Filling-
  • Remove cream cheese and sour cream out of the fridge for an hour before you start mixing ingredients for your cheesecake, so that they are at room temperature.
  • Cream together cream cheese and sour cream.
  • Add mango puree and sugar, and mix well so that everything is well blended.
  • In a separate large bowl mix together egg replacer and cake flour and add the liquid mixture a cup at a time and mix really well so that there are no lumps.
  • Mix the batter really well and pour it over the crust in the springform pan.
  • Bake at 350 degree F for 1 hour 15 minutes.
  • Just turn the knob of the oven to off and leave the door ajar with the cheesecake still inside.
  • Let the cheesecake cool in the oven completely and then transfer it to the refrigerator for another 24 hours.
Glaze-
  • Mix agar agar powder and mango puree really well so that there are no lumps.
  • Heat the mixture for 5 minutes in a microwave or stove top stirring well.
  • Add sugar, mix well and pour it over the completely cooled cheesecake and put it back in the refrigerator.
Enjoying-
  • After 24 hours remove the cake from fridge.
  • Loosen the edges with a knife and remove the sides of the springform pan. You can serve it in the pan itself or transfer it to another serving platter.
  • Enjoy your cheesecake.


1 comment:

  1. Great. Now you have a blog too. I should be first to comment, since i had a chance to taste most of these cakes. Its great, specially the Mango Cheese cake.

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