To think New York cheesecake is bland and claggy?

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I probably am. I tried it many years ago and didn't like it but that was a long time ago so I gave it another go today. An M&S one so probably a good example of what one should taste like I thought. I ate it but was thoroughly unimpressed. It was so bland. Yes I know it's vanilla but I love vanilla and don't find vanilla ice cream bland and it's actually my favourite. So why do I find this cheesecake so uninspiring?

My favourite bought cheesecake is usually a chocolate one as long as it's not too sickly. My all time favourite though is my homemade Oreo cheesecake which is odd as I don't like Oreos It has 5 ingredients and doesn't need baking.

Please tell me your favourite cheesecake(s).

Homemade New York cheesecake

YANBU - always flavourless!

I prefer an unbaked one, flavoured with real lemon and lime. Incredibly unhealthy, but delicious.

I do like it but think it needs to be a really good one and have fresh berries and cream/ice-cream with it. I found baked cheesecakes really disappointing though.

Waitrose does very good New York cheesecake, way better then M&S. it’s my favourite.

I love them all. I made Nigella’s white choc cheesecake which I made for the first time recently- much lighter than it sounds and really delicious.

@VestaTilley

YANBU - always flavourless!

I prefer an unbaked one, flavoured with real lemon and lime. Incredibly unhealthy, but delicious.

Agree with all of this!

Hmm, 've just googled it it looks like it IS a baked one - I've mistakenly thought it was just an unbaked vanilla cheesecake. Scrap my last answer then, YANBU!

YANBU, it’s too dense without any real flavour and not worth the calories.

You should try one from Roxy's on Times Square.

Agree, I don't get the bland cheesecake love at all. The best one I had was a cheapo supermarket frozen one, mandarin. Gorgeous and fruity. Can't find it anymore though and can't be bothered trying to create it.

OP care to share your Oreo recipe please?!

YANBU
I nearly cried when I first had one, where is the topping!!
My fave is the baked one on BBC good food, fruity and lovely.

Yabu to not share your homemade Oreo cheesecake recipe... sounds amazing

Burnt Basque cheesecake is where it’s at.

I like the Waitrose one and serve it with fresh raspberries. It is bliss.

My mum makes a mean lime and ginger cheesecake, everytime I visit she makes one

YANBU - it's dull. Cheesecake needs something in/on it!

Billionaire shortbread cheesecake is the absolute best

YABVU. I love New York cheesecake! Probably my favourite ever dessert. Please send it all my way.

Love a proper baked cheesecake - the mellowness is the whole deal.

Set ones on the other hand- cold claggy gloop with shrieking citrus to attempt to cut the cloying sweetness- not for me!

The waitrose key lime pie cheesecake is actual heaven.

New York cheesecake is my favourite, but the ones they serve here are awful. It's like buying a frozen pizza from Asda here and trying to compare it to what you'd get in Italy.
If you ever go to NYC, go to Junior's or Eileen's for Cheesecake. Lindy's used to be good too, sadly closed!

Banana Cream Cheesecake..

mellow, not overly sweet, while flavourful and not the artificial banana flavour

Cheesecake should be unbaked and it must be fruit flavoured, none of this chocolate/vanilla.

You've not tasted a decent one. I've never had decent shop cheesecake in the U.K. I make it with proper vanilla pods and baked

This is correct.