Raw Vegan Chocolate and Vanilla Cheesecake with Mixed Berries

Raw Vegan Chocolate and Vanilla Cheesecake with Mixed Berries

This is my go to vegan cheesecake recipe that I base most of my vegan cheesecakes on. It was one of the very first that I tried. My most favourite thing about it is the chocolate base. It is very dark and has that distinct cacao taste. If your not a fan of that taste or are just starting out with dark chocolate you may find it a little strong, but we love it so much that for this particular recipe I doubled the base just so we could get more of that raw chocolaty taste. Feel free to half the base mixture and only press it down on the bottom of your cake tin instead if you are wanting a less intense chocolate experience.

I decided to upload this recipe for a competition I entered on Instagram inspiring people to eat more raw food. The problem is the people that are running the competition live in the Northern Hemisphere where it is summer. It was so hard for me to think of a raw meal since it’s winter in Australia and winter produce is just harder for me think up raw recipes for. I also struggle to be creative when I am under a bit of stress – which we have been lately – all good stress of course but still enough to stop me being creative. Thank goodness I thought of this recipe because I was honestly struggling more than I usually would. I have not made this cake for quite a while but I remembered how much we loved it. I honestly thought that after all the other raw cheesecakes I have been making on a regular basis, I would not find this one as impressive as I first did, but I was wrong! We loved it so much, we finished it in a couple of days without even thinking of sharing it with any one else. It is just really yummy! Enjoy the recipe 🙂