help with this cheesecake..

[razzleberry]

I found this cheesecake recipe posted on the forum and cant wait to try it! however i dont have one of the ingredients... i was wondering what can I substitue for the coconut oil in the 'cheese' part of this recipe? would olive oil work?

thanks so much

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For the crust:

1 1/2 cups of almonds
1 cup of dates or 1/2 cup of honey

To make the crust, use a food processor and process the nuts and dates or honey until nice and fine. If you do not have a food processor use a blender but do not place all the ingredients at once but little at time or else it will burn out the blender. "Personal experience". Place the ingredients into a pie plate and press all around the pie plate, once this is done I put it in the fridge.

For the Cheese:
3 cups of cashews (soak in a bowl for at least an hour this will make them nice and soft)
1 cup of lemon juice
1 cup honey
1 cup of coconut oil
1 teaspoon of vanilla

To make the cheese, blend the cashews, lemon, honey, coconut oil, vanilla, and 1/2 cup of water. Blend until smooth and adjust to taste.

Pour the cheese mixture onto the crust.

Place the cheesecake into the freezer until its nice and firm (I put it in for 3-4 hours tops).

Then I put cheesecake into the fridge for about an 1 hour.

For sauce:
1 bag of your favorite berries or whatever is available
1/2 cup of dates or 1/4 cup of honey

Blend the ingredients and place it on a container.

I pour the sauce on the cheesecake when I cut myself a piece.

[Sheryl]

You need coconut oil. One of the reasons it's worked is to hold the cake together (since it goes firm in the fridge). If you used olive oil this would be more like a dip!

You could also use food grade raw cacao butter (it's yummy).

Cheers,
Sheryl

[Rawkinlocs]

There are a lot of raw cheesecake recipes that don't use coconut oil as I've made them prior to this recipe being posted and they are similar to this one too!

One thing I read in another thread that someone posted was that you can soak shredded coconut and process until smooth and use that, but I've never tried that myself so I'm not sure how well it works.

Also, if you like blueberries, make a blueberry cheesecake using the same ingredients but process some blueberries into the mixture because processed blueberries kind of gel up when chilled and that will help your cheesecake set up too.

I believe that as long as you freeze it, it will still set for you...but as Sheryl said, don't use olive oil.