Alternatives to Heavy Cheesecake Ingredients

[Opal2B]

Hello everyone - I am happy to make your acquaintances. I have a question regarding cheesecake ingredients. Almost all, if not all, no-bake cheese cake recipes, and quite a few icing recipes, use whipped cream cheese and whipped heavy cream. As tasty as this is, it leaves a heavy, greasy feeling in my mouth that I do not enjoy. Does anyone have an alternative to the cream cheese/whipped cream mixture?

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum Opal2B

You can try supstituting a low fat cream cheese, that might help. Alternatively you might want to look into vegan recipes as they are often a lot lighter - I've done this recipe before and it's delicious:

http://minimalistbaker.com/easy-baked-cheesecake-vegan-gf/

It's a baked one, but really good

 

[ChesterV]

Depending on what your taste is in cheesecakes........

Here are some substitutes.......

Avocados
Tofu based products (soy bean curd)
Gelatin (plain and unflavored)
Eggs
Artificial flavoring (cream cheese flavoring)

You can find cheesecake recipes using these different ingredients online.