Aibu to expect my London cheese cake to have jam!

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A little bit of context:
Been thinking loads about them and walked past a gregs everyday and saw it in the window. They remind me of my nan, her brother used to bring her one in to hospital when he visited, she didn't like them but didn't have the heart to tell him, hence lucky me got one weekly!!

Any way I finally bought one. Munching through I discovered no jam! What the hell?! Just loads of puff pastry, icing and coconut? Aibu to expect out of 4 key components to only get the 3? I am sorely disappointed :(

It would appear there no cheese in a London cheesecake [[http://www.domesticsluttery.com/2014/04/london-cheesecake.html]].

Oh London you wheeze.

Or even.....

It would appear there ain't no cheese in a London cheesecake

Aware of the lack of cheese, so went in fully expecting that. But no jam? :'(

Oh I clearly didn't even read your post properly!

It is very disappointing for there to be no jam when one is anticipating jam.

I'm sure they always had jam in when I was a child, but I'm not sure those I've had recently did. I really only eat them for the coconut anyway, so not too bothered about the jam. What I don't like is that the coconut always seems to be in small pieces these days - I like pulling off a long thread of it and getting a bit of the icing stuck on the end!!

They had talen the jam out when I last had one too. Really disappointing

It appears from the link that the presence of jam is controversial. I'd expect jam because otherwise it sounds a bit bland and yellow for something that's supposed to be a treat.

Oh I love London cheese cakes! I've tried Greggs ones and they are nowhere close to how they should be. There's a bakery near where I live that do giant ones for 80p and they are the real deal complete with jam!

Aldi also sell them but don't bother buying as you'll be disappointed - definitely no jam and too much pastry.

AIBU because they are called LONDON cheesecakes?

There was only one type of cheesecake when I was growing up. That shite with dairy produce in is a dessert, and yes, it should have jam or at a push lemon curd in it.

Oh no! How could they think taking out the jam would be a good move. I was hoping the jam had been forgotten in a factory blip I didn't think it was nationwide. I think this has got to me more than It should have

I've never tried a London cheesecake but it sounds as though they should rename them the Cheesecake of Lies and Disappointment.

Haha. Maybe I should write to Mr. Greggs and ask him for a product rebranding with that title

YANBU, i would be most disappointed

Couldn't possibly say whether you were unreasonable or not as I 'd never heard of them until this thread.

You should come up north, OP, and have a Manchester Tart, they always have jam in them (and are bloody lovely).

Oooh the Manchester tart looks most appealing. Think I'll go on a whistle stop tour of England visiting every regional cake and bun along the way.

This is a first for me cos I have never heard of London cheesecake.

I had a Saturday job in a bakers shop and we used to refer to them as shaggy cakes, because the coconut strands were sooo long

Can't recall whether they had jam or not. I favoured doughnuts and eclairs.

I've never heard of these! I once had a Bakewell tart that had no jam in it. That was very bad.

Another one here who has never heard of a London cheesecake - MN is so educational sometimes!

I love London Cheesecakes. Most dissapointed that I can't find them anywhere where I live now.

I have never heard of a london cheesecake.

Bakewell puddings are far better than Bakewell tarts.

However the most important question is whether you had a spoon and a desert fork to eat it with.

The ones I have had recently have had cherry jam in. I am sure they used to have lemon curd in. Am I imagining that???

I was a greedy git and ate it from the paper wrapper. No forks or spoons when I'm that excited.

As for the lemon curd I've never had one with that inside. But I saw they traditionally had almond paste in them... Mmm. just highlights what a disappointment today was

Yep. Almond sponge and raspberry (or cherry if lucky) jam. Like I said earlier, they should be called just 'Cheesecakes' as they are cakes as opposed to dessert made from cheese on a biscuit base. (they are just cashing in on our name)
They should have strings of coconut that resembles grated cheese. Not the shop floor sweeping found in our local gregs.
We used to call them hairy cakes.