Chocolate Tofu/ Bean Curd Cheese Cake Recipe

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Ingredients

Cheese cake mixture

  • 100 g of plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 100 g of ground almonds
  • 200 g of brown sugar
  • 150 g of vegetarian margarine
  • 650 g of tofu (bean curd)
  • 175 ml of vegetable oil
  • 125 ml of orange juice
  • 175 ml of brandy
  • 50 g of cocoa powder, reserve extra for decoration
  • 2 tsp of almond essence (extract) icing sugar

    • Cake Garnishing

  • Some gooseberries

    • Directions

    1. Put the flour, ground almonds and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a bowl and mix well.
    2. Rub the margarine into the mixture to form a dough.
    3. Lightly grease and line the base of a 23 cm/ 9 inch spring-form tin (pan) with some margarine.
    4. Press the dough into the base of the tin (pan) to cover, pushing the dough right up to the edge of the tin (pan).
    5. Chop the tofu (bean curd) into small chunks and put in a blender with all of the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy.
    6. Pour over the base in the tin (pan) and cook in a preheated oven, 160°C/ 325°F/ Gas Mark 3, for 1-1 hours or until set.
    7. Leave to cool in the tin (pan) for 5 minutes, then remove from the tin (pan) and chill in the refrigerator.
    8. Dust with icing sugar and cocoa powder. Proceed to decorate and serve the cake.

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