No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
Published Oct. 18, 2023
- Total Time
- 35 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' chilling
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 25 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' chilling
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Ingredients
- 1¾cups/225 grams Biscoff fine cookie crumbs (see Tip)
- 1tablespoon light or dark brown sugar
- Pinch fine salt
- 6tablespoons/85 grams unsalted butter, melted
- 1cup/240 milliliters heavy cream
- 12ounces/340 grams cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1cup/230 grams pumpkin purée
- ¾cup/83 grams confectioners’ sugar, sifted if lumpy
- 1tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2teaspoons ground ginger
- ½teaspoon finely grated nutmeg
- ¼teaspoon ground allspice
- Pinch fine salt
- 1cup/240 milliliters heavy cream
- 1tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
For the Crust
For the Filling
For the Topping
Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)
420 calories; 34 grams fat; 19 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 8 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 27 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 18 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 226 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Prepare the crust: In a large bowl, combine the cookie crumbs, brown sugar and salt. Add the melted butter and stir to combine.
- Step 2
Press the mixture very firmly and evenly into the bottom and about halfway up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Chill in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
- Step 3
Prepare the filling: Add 1 cup/240 milliliters heavy cream to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer and mix until the cream stands up straight but the very tip curls over when the whisk is lifted. Transfer the whipped cream to a medium bowl.
- Step 4
Add the cream cheese, pumpkin purée, confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, the ginger, nutmeg, allspice and a pinch salt to the bowl that you used to whip the cream and mix on medium, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl occasionally, until the mixture is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Step 5
Using a spatula, fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture by gently scooping from the bottom and folding over the top, turning the bowl as you go, until combined.
- Step 6
Spoon the filling into the prepared crust, then smooth the top.
- Step 7
Refrigerate the cheesecake until completely cool, at least 4 hours, or overnight.
- Step 8
Just before serving, prepare the topping: Whisk the remaining 1 cup cream, 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon to soft peaks.
- Step 9
Just before removing the outer ring of the springform pan, run a thin knife or offset spatula around the edge of the pan to help the crust release from the sides of the pan. Remove the ring and spread the cinnamon whipped cream over the chilled cheesecake.
- Step 10
Slice with a warm, clean knife. This cheesecake keeps, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. (The filling may weep a bit as it sits.)
- Make fine cookie crumbs by pulsing cookies in the food processor.
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Comments
I prepared this with a gingersnap crust which worked well. I agree with the other reviewers that the filling is not sweet enough. It needs at least 1 full cup of confectioners sugar or even better, a bit of brown sugar. Despite having very soft cream cheese, I wound up with bits of cream cheese in the filling that would not fully incorporate. I resorted to straining the filling before folding in the whipped cream. I’d recommend beating the cream cheese with the sugar before adding the pumpkin.
I tried this with graham cracker crumbs instead of biscoff and the crust seemed a little dry and crumbly. I probably should have looked for a graham cracker crust recipe to use instead. After reading the previous comments, I was very liberal with the sugar and added about a quarter of a cup of maple syrup to the cheesecake mix. I also added about 1 tsp of vanilla. It was good! I will make this again with these tweaks.
Listened to comments saying it could be sweeter, so added an additional 1/4 cup of granulated sugar (and a splash of vanilla) and was really happy with the result. Used a different brand of speculaas cookies for the crust and will absolutely use that crust recipe again, got lots of compliments on it.
Big hit after the Thanksgiving meal because of how light it was. Just super appealing to have a light fluffy, cool dessert after all the heaviness. Followed commenter Amara's suggestions for adjusting the filling for more sweetness, and it was still plenty pumpkiny. Will do again.
I made this following the recipe but substituting a tart dough crush and baking in a tart shell for ease of serving. Texture is wonderful. I will make it again, but with less cinnamon and more ginger. I may try mashed bananas instead of pumpkin instead of banana bread with the overripe bananas that I have in my freezer.
I tasted the filling by itself before refrigerating and it was a little cinnamon heavy for me and produced a bit of a bitter aftertaste, so I added maybe a tablespoon of date syrup (maple syrup would also be good I think) and that balanced it out. If I had added any more sweetener it would have been too sweet. We skipped the cinnamon whipped cream and instead added a caramel swirl to plain whipped heavy cream (unsweetened). Everyone loved it! We’ll definitely make it again.