Your Vegan Cherry Cheesecake Cupcake Bites will need one hour and fifty minutes in total for preparation and chilling. The calories for your dessert will be 180 kcal per cupcake bite. You will be using vegan-friendly ingredients in your Vegan Cherry Cheesecake Cupcake Bites as well. The basic cheesecake feeling in this vegan dessert will come along when you use soaked cashews in it. The ingredients for this recipe will not cause you any problems, as they are simple. Preparing this dessert will also be easy for you. Your cupcake bites will come out creamy and delicious. These will work perfectly for your sweet snacking after dinner.
STATS:
- Course: Dessert
- Serving: 12 cupcake bites
- Preparation duration: 20 minutes
- Portion size: 1 cupcake bite
- Cooking duration: 30 minutes
- Diet: Vegan
- Chilling duration: 1 hour
- Total duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes
- Number of calories: 180 kcal
- Cuisine: American
EQUIPMENT:
- Muffin tray
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups
- Oven
- Measuring spoons
- Small saucepan
- Spoon
- Blender
INGREDIENTS:
BASE:
- One cup almond flour
- Two tbsp melted coconut oil
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
CHEESECAKE:
- One tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup soaked cashews (four hours)
- Quarter cup coconut cream
- One tbsp lemon juice
- Quarter cup maple syrup
CHERRY TOPPING:
- Half cup cherries
- One tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tsp water
INGREDIENT NOTES:
ALMOND FLOUR:
- For the bottom of your cherry cheesecake cupcake bites, you will need almond flour, which will become soft. One ingredient that you can utilize here is oat flour as well.
MELTED COCONUT OIL:
- We will use this oil to mix with the almond flour so that it gets sticky and makes a proper base for your cupcake bites. Another thing can be vegan butter here for your use.
MAPLE SYRUP:
- Using maple syrup will make your dessert sweeter, and as an alternative, try using agave syrup as well.
SOAKED CASHEWS:
- This is the ingredient that you will use for the cheesecake element in your cupcake bites. After blending them, they will give a creamy feeling. Oat cream can also be an option for you here, too.
COCONUT CREAM:
- Using coconut cream in your mixture will make the cupcake bites richer. You may also use soy cream if that is available to you.
VANILLA EXTRACT:
- If you add vanilla extract to your dessert, it will definitely give you a better taste than before, with a deep feeling as well. You may also consider using almond extract here as well.
CHERRIES:
- The main fruit flavor in your dessert is cherries, which will make your cupcake’s topping sweet and colorful as well. Instead of cherries, you may use another kind of berry, too, if you like.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Warm the oven to 175°C.
- Make a mixture of the base components inside a bowl.
- Adjust it at the bottom of every muffin cup in the tray.
- Baking duration for the crust will be only 15 minutes.
- Cool the crusts for the cupcake bites.
- Then, make a mixture of the cheesecake filling in the blender.
- After that, add the blended mix over the crust in each muffin cup.
- Set the oven to 160°C.
- Baking duration for the filling with the crust will be 20 minutes.
- Rest them for half an hour.
- Then your cupcakes need refrigeration for one hour.
- Take the small saucepan and add the maple syrup to it, along with the cherries too.
- Cooking duration is three minutes.
- Then inlcude water as well as cornstarch.
- Cool this mixture a little bit and add it on top of the cold cheesecake filling.
- The final chilling duration will be 15 minutes.
- Now your delicious cheesecake cupcake bites are ready for your eating.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
- To decorate your cupcake bites, place a mint leaf on each one.
- Another decoration idea can be to spread cocoa powder over the cupcake bites.
- Vegan tea will also feel good when you drink it with these cupcake bites as well.
TIPS:
- For this recipe, soaking the cashews for an appropriate time is important.
- When you are adding the base to the muffin cups, be sure that you are pressing it properly.
STORAGE INFORMATION:
FRIDGE:
- Keep your dessert for a period of four days only inside a tight vessel.
FREEZER:
- You can keep your dessert for three months only.
FAQs:
Will my dessert become nut-free?
- To make your dessert nut-free, you will use silken tofu and oat flour as well.
Will my making this dessert twice the amount work fine?
- You can easily make them in different batches for a larger amount. Also, you may utilize a bigger tray.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
Protein: 4 grams
Calcium: 25 grams
Vitamin A: 120 IU
Fiber: 2 grams
Sodium: 5 milligrams
Net carbs: 15 grams
Fat: 11 grams
Calories: 180 kcal
Iron: 1.2 grams
Potassium: 210 milligrams
Total carbs: 18 grams
