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Tasty Thursday – Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake Recipe

By May 29, 20142 Comments

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake Recipe
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Ingredients
  • CRUST
  • 1 & ½ cups almond flour
  • 2 tbsp (30g) unsalted organic butter, melted (or even melted coconut oil)
  • FILLING
  • 8 oz goats cream cheese, softened
  • ¾ cup Plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 egg whites
  • ½ tsp liquid stevia
  • 2 tbsp almond flour
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup dark chocolate chunks
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
  2. Make the crust: Mix almond flour and melted butter together, press mixture into pie pan and bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
  3. For the filling: Beat the softened cream cheese for 1 minute. Beat in the yogurt, egg whites, stevia, and flour until mixture is smooth and creamy. Add the lemon juice and vanilla, beat for one more minute until combined.
  4. Fill pie pan with cream mixture over crust. Bake for 25 minutes, cover at the 20 minute mark with aluminum foil to prevent browning. Allow to cool for 20 minutes at room temperature, then chill completely in the refrigerator for at least three hours. Lift the foil out of the pan, cut into slices and serve.
 

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  • rebecca says:

    Hi, was wondering if you could use coconut flour instead of almond flour?

    • Anna says:

      Hi Rebecca,
      You could give it a try. The consistency wouldn’t be quit the same and it wouldn’t look/taste as much like a real cheesecake but you could see how you liked it!
      All the best,
      Anna, CPT, FF Specialist

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