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Mango Cheesecake

A vegan cheesecake made with Tofutti cream cheese, mango puree, and a crust of oatmeal cookie crumbs.

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Why it works: Cream cheese and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 39 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven325°F
Time1 hour and 25 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: milk, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

  • Crust
  • Filling
  • Lemon Glaze

Directions

Make the crust

  1. Mix the oatmeal cookie crumbs with the sugar, then stir in the melted margarine until well-mixed.

  2. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9" round springform pan.

  3. Bake at 325°F for 15 minutes.

  4. Let cool on a wire rack.

Make the filling and bake

  1. Beat the Better Than Cream Cheese with the sugar until smooth.

  2. Add the whipped tofu/starch/oil mixture and whip thoroughly.

  3. Pour in the mango puree and vanilla and beat until combined.

  4. Pour the filling over the oatmeal cookie crust and return the pan to the oven.

  5. Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes at 325°F, or until the top lightly browns.

  6. Remove from the oven and let cool on the counter.

  7. Chill in the fridge for several hours or overnight.

Glaze and serve

  1. When the cake is completely chilled, make the glaze.

  2. In a saucepan, combine the sugar, starch, and salt.

  3. Add the water and lemon juice and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.

  4. Remove from heat, stir in the margarine until melted.

  5. Pour the glaze over the chilled cake.

  6. Garnish with a few slices of mango, if desired.

  7. Return to the fridge for another few hours or overnight.

  8. Release the latch on the pan and press the cake up from the bottom with your hands.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + mangotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Mango + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together160 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Cream cheese + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,934 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Mango + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Better than cream cheese (tofu-based)
Provides the creamy body and rich, tangy base of the cheesecake filling.
Silken tofu
Blended smooth to add moisture and creaminess to the filling.
Tapioca starch
Thickens the filling and the glaze so they set firm and hold their shape.
Mango puree
Adds fruit flavour, sweetness and moisture to the filling.
Oatmeal cookie crumbs
Form the crust structure, binding with melted margarine to hold the base together.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the sweet glaze and balances sweetness.

The step that matters

Let the cake cool and chill fully before glazing. Starch-thickened fillings set as they cool, and the glaze must be poured over a firm, chilled cake or it will sink into the filling and run off.

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, cream cheese, mango, tofu, vanilla):

  1. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  2. Pineapplebetter flavor fit
  3. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cream cheese, mango, tofu, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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