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.

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

That's cool, more fruit cheesecake for me.

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.

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

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?

I'll die on this hill with you.

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

Maybe. But raspberry cheesecake ice cream is top tier.

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