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Ingredients
Crust
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons instant coffee granules (or Pero)
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- 2/3 cup powdered brown sugar sweetener
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Mocha Layer
- 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 1⁄2 cup water, divided
- 5 teaspoons instant coffee granules (or Pero)
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sweetener
Cream Cheese Layer
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sweetener
- 11⁄2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Crust:
- Grease bottom and sides of spring form pan.
- Melt butter and partially dissolve coffee granules in it. In a bowl, mix dry ingredients and then add butter and coffee. Combine and set aside 1/3 cup to sprinkle on top.
- Press remaining crust into a greased springform pan and 1/2 inch up sides. Keep crust on sides of pan as even as possible. Refrigerate.
Mocha Layer:
- Sprinkle gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water. Set aside. In another bowl, dissolve coffee in another 1/4 cup water. Heat gelatin mixture just until warm enough to dissolve gelatin. In bigger bowl, beat cream cheese and then add powdered sweetener. Add coffee and gelatin mixtures to cream cheese, adjusting coffee flavor to personal taste. (You don’t have to use all of coffee mixture.) Mix well. Spoon onto cooled crust. Refrigerate while mixing next layer.
Cream Cheese Layer:
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sweetener until smooth. In separate bowl, whip heavy whipping cream, salt, and vanilla until thick and fluffy. Combine this with cream cheese mixture and spoon on top of mocha layer. Refrigerate for few hours.
- Just before serving, sprinkle remaining crumbs on top.
Just a note: I use a sweetener that measures cup for cup like regular sugar. (1 cup erythritol and scant 1/2 t. THM brand stevia) If you’re using something else, you will have to adjust it accordingly. To make “brown sugar” sweetener, combine 1 teaspoon molasses with 1 cup “white sugar” substitute.
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