Chocolate Tofu Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (made from about 2 1/2 c broken chocolate graham crackers)
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur, such as kahlua
• 1/2 lb firm tofu
• 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 tablespoons light cream cheese
• 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar blend for baking
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 spray a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray and line with parchment. spray the parchment.
• 3 mix the graham cracker crumbs with the canola oil and 1 tablespoon of the coffee liqueur. press into the prepared pan in a single layer.
• 4 in a food processor fitted with the steel blade, blend together the tofu, remaining 3 tablespoons of coffee liqueur, the ricotta, cream cheese, maple syrup, splenda, egg whites, egg, and cocoa powder until smooth. pour into the pan.
• 5 bake 1 hour, or until set.
• 6 turn off the heat and allow to sit in the oven for 30 minutes.
• 7 remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack, then refrigerate overnight.