Unpopular Opinion

ITT: people who haven't had good cheesecake

I hate this opinion but you put it in the right community so I will upvote it like a decent human.

Counter-argument: Cherry topping.

Also: What kind of "plain" cheesecake? Cuz there's still variety even there. I would assume New York because it's the most common (in the US anyway).

I can go further with my unpopular opinion on cheesecake. There is no good cheesecake.

Counterpoint: hint of lemon

While I agree it is the best cheesecake I can't agree it's the only good one. lol

I feel the same way about a good donut. Also bacon is best as just bacon and never improved by wrapping it around things and under or over cooking it. And the perfect cookie is a simple, perfectly baked, chocolate chip cookie. With so many foods, simple and perfectly prepared will always beat overly complex.

So does that include toppings? I can understand cheesecake with strawberries in it not being your thing, but does that include plain cheesecake with a strawberry glaze on top? Does any sort of fruit, powdered sugar/cinnamon, or cookie ruin it?

I'm from The South so my favorite cheesecake was one that had a key lime pie on top of it, does that count?

Very light raspberry drizzle does elevate a good cheesecake. I want just the slightest sweet/tart garnish. Maybe just a whisper of a spearmint chiffonade, but that's almost decadent. Plain cheesecake is great alone though.

That is the dilemma:

Why would you flavor cheesecake with something that doesn’t taste as good as cheesecake?

I can't agree with it being the only good one but it's definitely my preferred way.

I don't know man I make a damn good triple chocolate cheesecake, peanut butter cheesecake, and apple pie cheesecake.

I agree with you.

I had had all kinds of cheesecake for a long time in my life, all kinds of different flavors.

Then at one point I had /good/ cheesecake.

And immediately realized everything up to that point was garbage. Did some research and the old stuff I had had before was not even really cheesecake, basically just a fast food level cheesecake analog.

Real cheesecake is quite good.

That's cool, more fruit cheesecake for me.

that turtle cheesecake i had a few days ago was smackin tho

I disagree, but what this community is about. I got to admit, making a good fruit cheesecake is more difficult than making a good plain cheesecake, so I agree that often the plain one is better than the fruity one. Not always.

Is this only a cheesecake thing or do you also dislike all cheese+fruit combinations? Have you tried Mascarpone gelato?

Baked cheesecake is worse than cold-set cheesecake made by my mum

I'll die on this hill with you.

Maybe. But raspberry cheesecake ice cream is top tier.

I’m with you. Keep the strawberries and syrup away from my precious.

Get a plain cheesecake and drench that shit in delicious berries and cream! Whats the problem?