I have gotten into many arguments over this one

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[–] [S] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I lived in NYC for a few years and tried a wide range of cheesecakes both in restaurants and homemade by talented bakers. Good or bad what they all had in common was that plain was best, and flavored were always disappointing and unenjoyable.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You're always disappointing and unenjoyable!

    Sorry. Don't know what came over me. Maybe it was thinking about how good key lime cheesecake is.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    It sounds super good but unless it's an anomaly I'd probably hate it 😭

    I always try bites of flavored cheesecake hoping I'll find an exception but I am always severely disappointed

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What sort of flavors are we talking? What was it about them that you didn't enjoy?

    All of the cheesecakes I make are "flavored" in some way, but I go out of my way to use real ingredients, not just "X flavoring."

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Off the top of my head I can remember trying: chocolate, raspberry, cherry, peanut butter, coffee, salted caramel, coconut, red velvet, and yuzu. Disliked all of them because they all tasted like:
    [how good the base cheesecake is] - [how good a cake of this flavor in not cheesecake form would be]

    So basically the stronger the flavor the worse it'd be, even though I like all those flavors very much (hence having a list that long before figuring out I just don't like flavored cheesecake)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean I feel a similar way about pizza - you need just a plain slice with no toppings to truly judge its merit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    A "plain" slice of pizza has pepperoni on it, IMO. It's the basic topping of pizza. Comparing plain just cheese pizza is worthless.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Flavored is bad, but toppings can be good. Adulterating the actual body of the cheesecake is wrong. I do like some goopy cherries on top though, the tartness offsets the sweet, creaminess of the cheesecake.

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