Cheesecake
Cheesecake is a dessert made with a soft fresh cheese (typically cottage cheese, cream cheese, quark or ricotta), eggs, and sugar. It may have a crust or base made from crushed cookies (or digestive biscuits), graham crackers, pastry, or sometimes sponge cake. Cheesecake may be baked or unbaked, and is usually refrigerated.
Baked cheesecake topped with raspberries | |
| Type | Various |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert (predominantly) Savoury (eg. smoked salmon cheesecake) |
| Place of origin | Ancient Greece |
| Main ingredients | Cream cheese, sugar, pie crust (graham cracker crust, pastry, or sponge cake) |
Vanilla, spices, lemon, chocolate, pumpkin, or other flavors may be added to the main cheese layer. Additional flavors and visual appeal may be added by topping the finished dessert with fruit, whipped cream, nuts, cookies, fruit sauce, chocolate syrup, or other ingredients.
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