Plural of cheesecake; desserts made with a thick layer of sweetened cream cheese, usually on a crumble crust.
From 'cheese' + 'cake' (from Old English 'kaka'). The modern American cheesecake emerged in the 1800s after cream cheese was invented in 1872.
Real cheesecake is surprisingly old—ancient Greeks made it with honey and cheese—but the creamy American version only exists because of one accident: cream cheese was invented by a New York dairyman trying to copy French cheese!
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