1A kind of rich sweet tart made with cream and soft cheese on a biscuit base.
‘Originally, such cheesecakes were made with soft, home-made curd cheeses but these days we use light cream cheese from the supermarket.’
‘We were delighted with the show and happily chose from various cheesecakes, meringues and chocolate cakes.’
‘I really enjoyed the internet-only audio guide that showcases the seven best cheesecakes in the city.’
‘So I sat there and read a book about the 50 greatest cheesecakes of all time.’
‘Use fat-free yogurt in place of sour cream to lower the fat content in cheesecakes.’
‘She also bakes cheesecakes and bread and rice puddings.’
‘Quark can be used as a sour cream substitute to top baked potatoes, and as an ingredient in a variety of dishes including cheesecakes, dips, salads and sauces.’
‘We both went for cheesecakes of varying descriptions and were a little disheartened to discover ice-cream helpings were not available on the side.’
‘If you make more than 2 cheesecakes, ingredient amounts change slightly.’
‘I then left the cheesecakes in the fridge overnight to chill.’
‘Their wilting cheesecakes had been delivered to the table along with their drinks.’
‘Last year I experimented and made an orange-chocolate cheese tart and a ricotta cheesecake.’
‘It was enough to appreciate the rich, bitter-chocolate of the cheesecake and the yummy ice cream.’
‘Dessert was Passionfruit cheesecake and Guava ice cream (I left some on the plate).’
‘From the dessert menu we picked pineapple and Malibu cheesecake and sticky toffee pudding with ice cream, which we could not fault.’
‘The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach.’
‘Not only was it lacking vanilla flavor, but it could only be marginally called a cheesecake.’
‘When cooked, the cheesecake should be well risen, with a golden-brown top.’
‘To serve, remove the cake from the tin, cut the passion fruits in half and squeeze the seeds and juice over the cheesecake.’
‘Other desserts include French apple tarts, New York cheesecake, and praline imperial.’
2informal mass nounImages portraying women in a manner which emphasizes idealized or stereotypical sexual attractiveness.
‘a cheesecake photo of herself wearing a silly hat and little else’
‘So if you post cheesecake photos of Objectivists are you objectifying them?’
‘Is it just us, or does all this retro culture stuff seem infused with an element of cheesecake, a world where the pin-up was the height of visual elegance?’
‘And the clincher, from this cheesecake shot found by reader Brad: She plays football.’
‘The sham rationalization for this cheesecake scene didn't bother me.’
‘It was film noir one week, sentimental whimsy the next, sharp pathos the next, cheesecake the week after that.’
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