What is a Cheesecake?

Baked Cheesecake                          Unbaked Cheesecake


Cheesecakes are cheese-based desserts that are generally prepared with soft fresh cheese accompanied by sugar, egg, and cream. Rum or chocolate is added for flavor and fruits like strawberry are used for toppings. The topping or the filling in a cheesecake is crusty. Digestive biscuit, cookies, or a pastry can be used for this purpose. Cheesecakes can also be topped with fruit sauces if fresh cheese is the key ingredient in baking the cake. Cheesecakes can be classified into two types


1) Baked cheesecake

Egg is the main ingredient in baked type of cheesecake. This cake has a heavy and rich consistency and has to be refrigerated before serving. Plenty of cream cheese is used to bake a traditional cheesecake. These cakes are therefore called cheesecakes. Health conscious people need no longer worry as low-fat, fat-free ingredients can be used to bake delicious low-fat cheesecakes. Low-calorie cheesecakes are made from low-fat cheese and light whipped cream toppings.

2)No-bake cheesecake

This cake, as the name suggests needs no cooking and is very simple to make. This cake has a fluffy appearance and is lighter in consistency. This cake has to be refrigerated before serving. Pre-mixes are available in the market to prepare these types of cheesecakes. The pre-mix includes the crust and the filling.

Add some margarine or butter to the graham cracker mixture and spread it on a pie pan.
Add milk to the filling mixture to resemble a pudding.
Stir it well ensuring sure no lumps form.
Pour this mixture into the pie crust.
Refrigerate it until done (the cheesecake has to be firm).
Cheesecake is ready in a jiffy to serve.