A dense baked custard with a crumb crust.

Made from cream cheese, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese or sometimes Swiss or cheddar cheese, a cheesecake may or may not have a crust, which can be a light dusting of bread crumbs, a cookie crust or a pastry crust. The filling is made by mixing the cheese with eggs, sugar and whatever flavoring you are going to use—e.g., pumpkin. After baking, the cheesecake is chilled and topped with whipped cream, fruit or chocolate shavings.

Dessert made with a crust that is filled with a mixture of cream cheese, sugar, and other flavorings into a custard-like filling. It can be topped with a variety of ingredients such as fruit or chocolate.

made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust

a cake which is either made of, or has a soft topping of, ricotta cheese or more usually cream cheese, sugar and sometimes other ingredients such as eggs, cream and fruit, on a cookie crumb crust

a fast, simple and very tasty cake, with lots of

A rich, smooth dessert made by blending cream cheese, cottage cheese or ricotta with sugar, eggs and other flavorings, then baking; usually prepared in a springform pan dusted with cookie crumbs or ground nuts; the baked dessert is often topped with sour cream or fruit.