Rocky Road Cheesecake

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Difficulty: Easy-Medium

Serves 10

I once tried some vegan marshmallows and after tasting them I was less than impressed with the texture and the taste. Recently I caught wind of some new marshmallows called Dandies, made by Chicago Soy Dairy and thought I would give them a try. My initial thought was “what the eff?! These are amazing” and then my mind instantly went into overdrive thinking of all the banging vegan goodies I could make with them.  Rocky road was the first recipe to come to mind but then I thought, why the heck not bump up the deliciousness and make this bitch into a cake? Now I don’t need you to tell me this was a great idea, but you can if you want.

Ingredients

  • 12 Digestive biscuits
  • 1/2 cup margarine (I used Nuttelex), melted
  • 2 tablespoons caster sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 carton of Soyatoo Topping Cream
  • 1 tub of Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
  • 1 large block (250g) Whittakers Dark Chocolate (not the Ghana Dark) or another vegan chocolate of your choosing, melted
  • 1 bag of Dandies vegan marshmallows
  • 1 small bag of glace cherries (both Coles and Big Sister brands do not contain cochineal/carmine).
  • 1/4 cup granulated nuts

Method

  1. Grease a springform pan.
  2. In a large bowl, crush digestive biscuits until fine.
  3. Add the cocoa, caster sugar, margarine and mix well.
  4. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of the tin firmly and evenly, set aside.
  5. In a large bowl, combine the Soyatoo and Tofutti.
  6. Add 2/3 of the melted chocolate and mix really well.
  7. Pour on top of the base and place in the fridge to cool for about 30 minutes.
  8. Once the topping has firmed up, scatter the marshmallows and cherries on top.
  9. Drizzle the remaining melted chocolate on top and then sprinkle on the nuts.
  10. Place in the fridge to set, serve and enjoy!
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Kristy Delamare
Kristy Delamare
13 years ago

I am super in love with this. Also, where does one find Whittakers chocolate and Dandies in Sydney? Also, I’ve read a lot that glace cherries contain cochineal/carmine (insect colouring). Is there a vegan friendly type?

Kristy Delamare
Kristy Delamare
13 years ago
Reply to  Chelsey

Brilliant, thanks 😀

I was shocked too! Generally most red food colouring should be investigated. I thought it was pretty brutal to crush up beetles so that food could be red, but then that works the same with any animals used for human use!

This is a good article http://www.suite101.com/content/hidden-nonvegetarian-ingredients-a56686. Though it is for vegetarians so some products are already exempt x

Nina Herbert
Nina Herbert
13 years ago

Oh My Lord! This looks devine. Thank you. I may just have to make this for my son’s birthday. He is 1 in 5 weeks so he doesn’t get imput. :o)

Anne K
Anne K
13 years ago

HOLYSH*T THAT LOOKS AMAZING!

Fred the parking inspector
Fred the parking inspector
13 years ago

Once in a while, a picture of a cake comes along that makes you want to eat the cake that the picture is of.
This is the picture of that cake.
Keep up the great work!

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Marina
Marina
12 years ago

Looks good! I haven’t found veggie marshmallows, guess I will have to order online! Nice to see something with Aussie ingredients though.

Marina
Marina
12 years ago

Got the marshmallows, now where did you get the soy topping cream thing?

Marina
Marina
12 years ago

I emailed them! That’s very sad news, I’m not sure what to do! I actually got the marshmallows in America, and over there they had soy and rice whipped cream! OMG. Unfortunately I couldn’t take them back home but they looked amazing, exactly the same style and bottle you get regular whipped cream in in Australia.

Phoebee Frost
Phoebee Frost
11 years ago

Just a heads up that you can find dandies on iherb.com for super cheap and their shipping is really reasonable and fast to australia. They also have vegan white chocolate peanut butter and some other cool things im sure youd love!