Cheesecake with Chocolate Sauce & Nut Crumb

Before we go in to the details, let me just say, I have made many cheesecakes (vegan) and they all turned out terrible. I do not know how I got to this one, but its the easiest, the most tasty, and with very few ingredients

Ingredients
1 cup pitted dates (soaked in water for 1 hour and drained)

1 1/4 cup walnuts

1 1/2 cups cashews (soaked for 4-6 hours)

1 large lemon (juiced)

5/8 cup coconut oil (melted)

1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons full fat coconut milk

3/8 cup maple syrup

fruit filling of your choice - for this example I use 1/2 cup raw apricots

3 tablespoons raw cacao powder (or regular cocoa powder)

1 tsp vanilla

Steps

1. put dates in food processor and chop until smooth, then take out and set aside
2. take 1 cup of the walnuts and put in food processor and chop until fine
3. add dates back to food processor and chop both together until it is in a ball like form
   
   set aside
4. put the following in the food processor and blend until a smooth consistency:
   cashews (all)
   lemon juice (all)
   1/3 cup of coconut oil (melted)
   coconut milk (all)
   1/2 cup maple syrup
5. Take cheesecake out and place in bowl, then add apricots and chop until fine
   
   If you want cupcake sized cheesecake, see step 6, if you want it in a pie form, see step 7
6. (Cupcake sized cheesecake) in cupcake pan put small amounts of the date/walnut mix, this mixture amount should make roughly 15 cupcake size crusts. You will pack them in to the bottom of the cupcake holders. I use cupcake paper to make it easy to get them out later.
7. (Pie sized cheesecake) in a pie pan place the date paste across the bottom and spread out to evenly cover the bottom of the pan
8. Take cheesecake mix and add to the cupcakes and distribute evenly, or the pie pan and spread evenly.  Then, take the apricots and put a little bit in each cupcake or in a nice bit swirl on the pie pan.
9. Put in refrigerator until hard. This depends on the temperature of the fridge. Could be a few hours to overnight.
   
   While the cheesecake is setting, lets make the chocolate sauce.
10. In a large mixing bowl, add the following and whisk until all ingredients are together as one:
    4 tablespoons (should be the remainder) of melted coconut oil
    3 tablespoons cacao powder
    2 tablespoons maple syrup
    1 teaspoon vanilla
11. take 1/4 cup walnuts and chop in food processor until in small pieces
12. Once cheesecake is set, put in your serving setting and be liberal with chocolate sauce, and top with chopped walnuts and enjoy with love