This No Bake Mango Cheesecake is a complete and utter celebration of summer! A creamy mousse-like cheesecake loaded with 3 BIG mangoes and is surprisingly straightforward to make with your food processor.
No Bake Mango Cheesecake
When I photograph beautiful cakes like this, it sometimes makes me wish I wasn’t the Queen of Brown Food. Salisbury Steak, Pot Roast, Beef and Mushroom Pie, Cottage Pie, Guinness Stew, Chickpea Curry, Lentil Soup…. if it’s brown-and-ugly-but-delicious, there’s a good chance I’ve already shared it and had the pleasure of trying to capture a photo of a pile of brown gloop so it looks as irresistibly delicious as it tastes.
Though just writing that list out reminds me of all that saucy brown deliciousness….. and actually, no. I would never give up my brown foods to be a pretty cake blog! 😂
This No Bake Mango Cheesecake is a classic example of what started out as a cruisy week ending up in a whirlwind of mango pureed chaos / bliss. I happened across bargain scruffy looking mangoes at Harris Farm Markets (Instagram followers know I’m there practically every day!) – $2.99 / kg (that’s $1.50/lb) for beautiful ripe, juicy mangoes that were blemished on the outside yet perfect on the inside.
Helloooooo mangoes! She who can’t resist a bargain loaded up, and this was the result:
Classic cheesecake biscuit base.
Creamy insanely mangoey mousse-like cheesecake filling – NO BAKE!
Topped with mango jelly (soooo pretteee!), piled high with whipped cream (optional, but again, soooo pretteee!), more mangoes, and passionfruit – yet again, because… well, for no reason other than it’s soooo pretteee!!! 😂
If I’m making a mango cheesecake, it’s got to seriously taste of MANGO. As luck would have it, I shared my first mango cheesecake attempt live on Instagram stories just on Monday this week, the wonderful folk over at Mangoes Australia saw it and within 4 hours – this was delivered to my house. I KID YOU NOT!!!
A big, beautiful tray of ripe Honey Gold Mangoes for me to use to keep recipe testing so I could perfect the mango cheesecake to share here.
PERKS OF THE JOB!!!!!!!
Don’t get too jealous, if you could see the state in which I live and that I no longer have a dining room because I sacrificed it to use as my photography and video “studio” (a term I use loosely because it’s about as un-pro as a studio can be), and the frustration at times of making the same recipe over and over again in order to make it good enough to share on my blog, not to mention taking photos and filming the recipe video…..
Oi. Plenty of recipe failures over here that never make it to the publishing table.
VERY happy that this wasn’t one of them!!!
I think you’ll find that this mango cheesecake recipe has a wee bit more mango in it than others. Because I was determined that it be appropriately mangoey, rather than just a yellow cheesecake with a mango fragrance.
This is made almost entirely in a food processor. I’d like to say in one go, but no. Biscuit base blitzed first, then the mangoes, then throw the other filling ingredients in, blitz and pour.
Because this is a NO BAKE Mango Cheesecake, it’s made with gelatin to set the filling. I use powdered gelatin because it’s readily available at supermarkets (baking aisle) – as opposed to gelatine sheets. Also the setting strength of gelatin powder in different countries is very similar, whereas I’ve seen inconsistencies with gelatin sheets.
There is no need to fear using gelatin powder!  Follow the recipe steps exactly – the key part is to sprinkle the gelatin powder over the surface of a bowl of water, rather than dumping in spoonfuls (which will result in clumps). And don’t stress even if you end up with clumps! I did in my first attempt and it still worked out fine – read the recipe notes for how to deal with this.
I promised that this No Bake Mango Cheesecake had a soft mousse-like filling, and here’s a photo to show you. Nothing like jelly, see? 🙂  Aerated – thanks to the food processor blitzing!
I decorated this with cream, more mangoes and passionfruit for no reason other than to make it look pretty. The cheesecake is fabulous as it is without these toppings. The first time I made it, I just piled on chopped mangoes and it was delicious but it was very orange, as you can imagine. The cream breaks up all that orangeness, it’s always welcomed in any dessert, and provides a soft cloud to pile up plenty more fresh mango and drizzle over passionfruit pulp, if you should choose.
I gave away most of this cake because….well, dangerous!!! However, there’s a big chunky slice of this actual cake in these photos sitting in the fridge and I hear Netflix calling my name… Happy weekend! – Nagi xx
More Cheesecake recipes
- Classic Baked Cheesecake
- Strawberry Cheesecake – a magical combination!
- Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- Peanut Butter Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Loaf
- Mini Nutella No Bake Cheesecakes
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Note: accidentally edited out the step in video where gelatine is added into filling! Please follow written recipe.
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No Bake Mango Cheesecake
Ingredients
Base:
- 150 g / 5 oz Arnott's Marie Biscuits (17 crackers), or digestives, Graham Crackers or other plain sweet biscuit
- 100 g / 3.5 oz unsalted butter , melted
- 2 tbsp white sugar
Mango:
- 700 g / 1.4 lb mango flesh (2 large mangoes) (Note 1)
Filling:
- 4 1/2 tsp gelatin powder (Note 2)
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml cold tap water
- 500 g / 1 lb Philadelphia cream cheese, softened (2 blocks)
- 2/3 cup / 150g caster sugar (superfine white sugar)
- 300 ml / 10 oz whipping cream*
Mango Jelly:
- 3/4 tsp gelatin powder (Note 2)
- 1/4 cup / 65 ml cold tap water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Toppings (optional):
- 300 ml / 10 oz whipping cream*
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large mango, cut into cubes
- 2 passionfruit
Instructions
Cake pan:
- Use a 22 cm / 9" springform pan (or similar size). Turn the base UPSIDE DOWN (for ease of removal later).
- Place a square sheet of baking paper on the base, then secure in springform pan (see video) with excess paper hanging out sides.
- Grease sides with butter and line with paper.
Biscuit base:
- Blitz crackers into fine crumbs in a food processor.
- Add butter and sugar, blitz until combined. Pour into prepared cake pan. Press down firmly - base only, not sides.
Filling:
- Put water in a heatproof bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over surface (don't dump in centre). Stir to partly dissolve. Set aside 5 minutes - it turns gelatinous.
- Microwave 15 seconds on high x 2, stirring in between. Stir until dissolved (few tiny specks ok). Cool 5 minutes.
- Place mango in food processor. Blitz until smooth.
- Measure out 3/4 cup and reserve for mango jelly, set aside.
- Add cream cheese, cream, sugar and gelatine mixture into food processor (2.5L/2.5qt/10 cup+ capacity - Note 3). Blitz for 30 seconds or so until smooth.
- Pour into cake pan. Refrigerate 3+ hours until top is set.
Mango Jelly:
- Pour water into bowl, sprinkle over gelatin. Leave 5+ min. Microwave on high 2 x 10 sec, stir well until granules dissolved. Set aside 5 minutes to cool.
- Place reserved mango puree (from step 4 under Filling) and lemon in a bowl. Pour over gelatin and whisk well.
- Pour over cheesecake filling. Tilt cake around to spread.
- Refrigerate 12 hours+.
- Release pan sides, then use overhang paper to slide cheesecake onto serving plate. Then slide the paper out from under the cheesecake.
Decorations:
- Place cream, vanilla and sugar in a bowl. Whip until the cream is softy whipped.
- Piled over the centre of the cheesecake.
- Top with more chopped mango and passionfruit pulp. Serve and relish in praises!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
LIFE OF DOZER
I went to the bathroom and he took my spot! His motto: You snooze, you lose.
I have made the strawberry cake ,.the crumpets and the shawarma ,results were fantastic.I will try and send a picture of the shawarma.keep sending the fantastic recipes.Thank you
Hi Nagi I am your biggest fan you are just too good. I tried making this but all my layers were not stiff. I think I used less gelatin.
Hi Nagi! How can I use a stand mixer instead of a processor in this recipe? Thank you!
Can I use regular sugar instead if castor?
I tried your recipe. It is not difficult and turns great result. Thank you. I got a dozen good mangoes. Can I make few mango cheese cakes without toppings and reserve in freezer? How long can they be kept?
Hi Marian, yes that will be fine – I would keep up to 1 month. N x
Can gelatin be substituted with agar agar (vegan). If yes, please specify quantity of agar agar to be used
Hi Jaya, I haven’t tried to be honest – would love to know if it works though! N x
Hi Nagi, this is very delicious!! But the mangoes i used were stringing. Would straining the pulp solve this problem? Thank you
healthy and delicious
Turned out great. It’s a beautiful cheesecake. When making the jelly for the top I added 2 passion fruits a long with the mango purée and left out the lime just to add a little more passion fruit flavor it worked great!
Sounds great Meghan – I love this idea! N x
Five stars!
This cheesecake was amazing! I was kind of anxious at first because a lot of comments talked about the cake not setting but it was AMAZING! The mango and cheese taste complemented each other. I gave it to my boyfriend, his family and my roommate and I might have to make more. Thank you for the recipe!
Hi Nagi, how do I make it more hold, can I add more gelatine? I have done it for 7 times, its lovely and yummy but I cant keep it at room temperature more than 20mins.. a little bit difficult if I want to sent to my friend house
Hi Ayra, you can up the gelatine slightly if you prefer and it will make it more firm. N x
3/4 tsp gelatin in 65 ml water for the jelly sounds wrong.
Hi Vanita, but you’re adding the mango puree and lime in here too.
Hi Nagi,
Would love to try this recipe out but if mangoes are not in season, would frozen mangoes be just as good to use?
Or should I wait for the fresh ones?
Thanks!
p.s. LOVE LOVE LOVE your recipes!
Hi Cee, yes you can use frozen! Just thaw and use the same amount as called for in the recipe! N x
Hi Nagi,
Can the topping for your strawberry cheesecake be used on this one?
I want to try this with canned mango pulp, which I already have. Would you be able to tell me how many cups of pureed mango I need? Thanks!
I just made this recipe using frozen mango plups and it turned out great!! I stuck with the same measurements in the recipe.
Okay. I tried strictly to follow the instructions. Taste was great but it didn’t settled. After more or less than 15 hours in the fridge, whe I removed the parchment paper on the side, it collapses. What have I done wrong? Want to do it again but tell me how to do it right?
Hi Nagi,
Thanks for this lovely recipe. I used to make this years ago but the mango flavour was really subtle, this one packs a nice punch. I was wondering if it will be ok to make it three days ahead of time. I have to go out of town and won’t have enough time to set if I make it on my return. Thanks
Hi Swapna, yes that should be fine as long as it is in an airtight container 🙂 N x