Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust is a creamy gluten-free dessert. This unique crust offers a touch of sweetness with the coconut and almonds.

Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust & $550 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

Cheesecake is a weakness of mine. In fact, I rarely make it because I can’t resist. I love the creaminess, the texture, the crust – and the fact you can do so much with this dessert. When I do have cheesecake, I usually get it from the Cheesecake Factory, which thank goodness the closest one is an hour and a half away.

Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust is a creamy gluten free dessert. This unique crust offers a touch of sweetness with the coconut and almonds.
I wanted to make a special dessert though for a friend, something special just for her. A dessert to help her welcome spring, a season known for hope and change. So I went with coconut cheesecake and put that on top of a coconut almond crust. AMAZING! I topped this baby with some homemade coconut whip cream and toasted coconut and viola, this screams yumminess.

Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust is a creamy gluten free dessert. This unique crust offers a touch of sweetness with the coconut and almonds.
Enjoy this cheesecake and share it with a friend, celebrate spring and start to welcome summer as it will soon be here.
XOXO San

How do you make Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust?

Coconut Almond Crust
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
  • In a medium bowl, ground almonds and coconut with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
Coconut Cheesecake
  • In a large bowl, I used my KitchenAid, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Add milk and blend, then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla, and flour until smooth. Pour the cream cheese filling into the coconut almond crust.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 75-80 minutes.
  • Turn the oven off, and leave the cheesecake to cool in oven with the door closed for 1 hour; this will help with cracking and make sure that it is set.
  • Chill in refrigerator until serving.
Coconut Whipped Cream & Toasted Coconut
  • Using a hand mixer or KitchenAid mixer, add whipping cream, sugar and coconut extract and mix on high speed until it starts to form stiff peaks, scrape down the sides as needed. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • Set the oven on low broil, place coconut on pan and place in oven. Toast until golden brown, takes 3-5 minutes.
  • When ready to serve the cheesecake, remove from the fridge and garnish the cheesecake with the whipped cream and toasted coconut. Serve and enjoy!

Try these other cheesecake recipes, like this Fresh Raspberry Cheesecake or this Easy Peppermint Cheesecake

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Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 548 kcal
Coconut Cheesecake with Coconut Almond Crust - a creamy dessert that is also gluten free. A recipe that all will enjoy. This unique crust offers a touch of sweetness with the coconut, which plays perfectly with the almonds.
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Ingredients
 

Coconut Almond Crust

  • 2 cups sliced almonds finely chopped with food processor or knife
  • 1 cup sweetened coconut
  • 6 tablespoons butter melted

Coconut Cheesecake

  • 4-8 ounce packages cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon coconut extract
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour

Coconut Whipped Cream & Toasted Coconut

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2-3 teaspoons coconut extract

Instructions
 

Coconut Almond Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
  • In a medium bowl, ground almonds and coconut with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.

Coconut Cheesecake

  • In a large bowl, I used my KitchenAid, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Add milk and blend, then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour the cream cheese filling into the coconut almond crust.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 75-80 minutes.
  • Turn the oven off, and leave the cheesecake to cool in oven with the door closed for 1 hour; this will help with cracking and make sure that it is set.
  • Chill in refrigerator until serving.

Coconut Whipped Cream & Toasted Coconut

  • Using a hand-mixer or KitchenAid mixer, add whipping cream, sugar and coconut extract and mix on high speed until it starts to form stiff peaks, scrap down the sides as needed. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • Set the oven on low broil, place coconut on pan and place in oven. Toast until golden brown, takes 3-5 minutes.
  • When ready to serve the cheesecake, remove from the fridge and garnish the cheesecake with the whip cream and toasted coconut. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

You do need to let this dessert rest in the oven for 1 hour and refrigerate at least 1-2 hours before serving.
Calories: 548kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 8gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 164mgPotassium: 264mgFiber: 3gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 1110IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 132mgIron: 1.2mg
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Friends & Family review: This was something everyone who tried it loved. I will be making this in the future. The almond crust was a hit, the only suggestion I was given was by my husband Jake, who said next time to do no coconut with the almonds or to try pecans.

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  10. Love the sound of your cheesecake-will try it for Mother’s Day.

    If I won, I would get a wood planer and a sander. And a nice frying pan.

    I made your chicken hand pie recipe. Loved it.

    La Verne@hopeandsalvage

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  12. I am so hungry right now and could so go for a delicious slice of yummy cheesecake!

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  13. Coconut and cheesecake. My 2 favorites! And all in one delightful dessert. You done good. And such a great giveaway, too! Have I just gone to heaven?

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  17. Oh goodness, this sounds like a slice of heaven! YUM! I am a total coconut fan, can’t wait to try this!

    Thanks for the fun chance to win, how cool!

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  18. This cheesecake looks delicious! I love coconut too! Your pictures are AMAZING! Stopping in from the Let’s Get Real Blog Party! I’m so EXCITED to be co-hosting:)

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  24. I can’t believe that cheesecake is gluten free. It hasn’t been easy going gluten free the last six months. I love finding new recipes to try. Plus I miss eating pie and cheesecake.

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  29. This looks like an amazing recipe that I will be trying!! We eat gluten free so this is for us!

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  33. What an amazing cheesecake recipe! My family will be thrilled to find this on the dessert table this weekend. What a great giveaway. I have been perusing Amazon looking for some home excercise equipment.

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  34. Wow, this sounds amazing. I am a huge cheesecake fan and know I would love this one. I would never have thought of putting coconut with it. Very cool

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  40. I have a weakness for almond crust after making a cheesecake with it a while back! This looks like it would be a huge hit with my family.

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  41. Oh my goodness your cheesecake looks amazing! These two flavors are mouthwatering on their own but combines I don’t think I could stay out of them!

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  48. I think I just gained 10 lbs looking at that slice of delicious!! I live about 45 minutes from a Cheesecake Factory–thankfully the parking is horrendous there so I rarely go! I do LOVE NY Style Cheesecake –all creamy. I also love coconut–no-I am not going to make it cause I would eat it in one sitting!!!!!

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  52. I would buy a wine fridge/cooler! I’ve had my eye on one for awhile now. And, this recipe sounds amazing. As a kid I was not a fan of coconut, but my adult taste buds have matured so that I am now almost infatuated with it! lol

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  53. This is a great cheesecake recipe Sandra. Thanks for sharing it with us at the Let’s Get Real Link Party. If I won the gift card, I’d have to buy kitchen baking sheets and utensils. I’m thinking of starting a child’s cooking class in my home this fall. I will need a few extra things for the kids.

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  55. Hi Sandra–Quick cheesecake question for you. This is Matt’s favorite dessert, so I make it every year for his birthday. I have yet to perfect it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still edible. I haven’t tried this coconut recipe (Looks awesome, btw), but whenever I do make cheesecake it is not as creamy as I’d like. Not quite a bumpy texture, but just not creamy. Am I over beating the cream cheese and eggs? Help….

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  61. I’d buy muchly, many things :+)

    Actually, I probably buy some stuff for the kitchen. A couple of small appliances and some decorative/functional items such as large salad bowls, honking big wooden cutting boards and/or/maybe a nice set of knives or serving platters.

    But that’s just me…

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  62. If I won? Oh…I would for sure buy every, single V.C Andrews series and Nora Roberts series that were stolen from my house by a babysitter. Boy…that was a downer, let me tell ya. I had some of those books for twenty years! *sniff* Great giveaway! 🙂

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  64. Happy First Blogaversary ~Oh the money sounds like so much money to
    me.I guess I would want to put it toward a new computer for my husband.

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  65. Thanks Sandy~Thank-You for the wonderful GF recipe.
    I am definitely going to be making this.Now I am so hungry for this. 🙂
    Have a Great Day

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  68. I would buy gifts for my close family, and use the rest to put toward buying a new camera for myself.

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  72. If I won the gift card I would use some of it to purchase items for my daughter’s wedding. Thank you for the wonderful recipe and the giveaway.

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  74. Oops! It appears that the directions for making the coconut almond crust was omitted!!
    As for the Amazon gift card, I am in need of a projector to use when teaching an early morning scripture study class for high school students!!
    Thanks for the recipe! My son is going to make it for me for Mother’s Day dessert and add a chocolate drizzle to it!! Yum!

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  77. I desperately need a new blender – and a GOOD one! That’s what I would get if I won this gift card!

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