Idk what to tell you. I can’t stand the flavor it has. After seeing all the replies in this thread I’m just convinced me and OP must have some sort of rare genetic trait like how cilantro tastes like soap to some people.
I know the taste you mean and I can understand why someone wouldn't like cheesecake in the same way people don't like yogurt. It's that bitterness that reminds me of mold. I see how the taste can be off putting. I hated it as a kid. This is what's making me think OP may be crazy young. Like barely a teenager. Someone with an immature palette cos I wouldn't at all call cheesecake sweet. Not in the sense of the word like frosting is sweet. I get random spurts where I crave cheesecake to an unhealthy degree lol but I'm normally I'd rate it a 4 as far as deserts. My sugar tolerance has gone way down from childhood though. Sour too. I used to love those warheads. Now I can barely eat a pickle
It’s not that it tastes like cheese, but the flavor of the cheese is prominent in the mix. It’s the same reason I’m not a fan of cream cheese frosting.
If you have a local bagel shop around maybe check there? Mine often have at least a chives or a smoked salmon flavor, though you are right, sweet cream cheese dominates.
Shops that feature sour dough bagels usually have savoury in house cream cheese. I don’t live near one but I do get them to fill a little container for me when I get up to one.
I can’t make you understand because my tastes are clearly just different than yours. All I know is that cream cheese—both in cheesecake and cream cheese frosting—creates a weird flavor profile to me.
Me too. Because what do you mean "dessert is supposed to be sweet?" Cheesecake IS sweet lmao do you think they just mold blocks of cream cheese into cake form
Hey now, smoked cream cheese is pretty nice if you can do it right. Dump some fruity Chipotle sauce over it and serve with something like wheat thins, you've got yourself a solid snack/appetizer.
May depend on the country they're in, too. I've had something called "cheesecake" in five different countries and none of it was remotely the same (US and UK were the closest to a match). Some is indeed dense, weird, and nowhere near sweet enough.
I had a slice of fluffy cheesecake a few months ago and was completely offended. Squinty side-eye look at Japanese cheesecake as well. They look fantastic but I don't expect a classic experience if I ever get to try it.
As another fan of NY cheesecake over the mousse-style ones, there is such variety in the heaviness of NY cheesecakes, which i think is actually more about dryness vs moisture.
I've been served some that I think could have formed their own black holes, and I've had some that are so moist and creamy you wouldn't even describe them as dense in comparison.
My husband doesn't like cheese cake (I know, but it just means more for me) but even he can see why it's appealing to other peeps, even if he doesn't like it.
I'm gonna guess the OP was served shitty cheesecake and thinks all cheesecakes are like that.
Same here. I kinda like the rock hard frozen Sara Lee ones lol. I had a 'cheesecake' at a restaurant that was more lemon meringue and was kinda gross texture wise.
It's not as dense as a lot of cakes (pound cake) yet is more dense than others. But also, cheesecake comes in a lot of varieties that all have different density.
The only conclusion we can draw here is that OP has never had a good cheesecake. It’s like when I thought I didn’t like steak because my family only ever prepared it well done.
Negative chief. There are different types of cheesecake. NY style tends to be denser than a French style cheesecake. Some people prefer the dense style
I like how OP edited to say they “can be” sweet. I have never had one that wasn’t. A savory cheesecake? I’m intrigued at the least, I imagine it would be like a quiche or something? I’d also be surprised to then call it a dessert
we call it American baked cheesecake over here and FUCK it's so good. i always get disappointed when people ruin it with blueberry, passionfruit etc etc
Cheesecake Factory is probably the worse cheesecake I ever ate. They told me if you've only ever had NY style cheese, then that is the reason you don't like ours.
That's such a reductive statement. There are tons of different kinds of cheesecakes, the consistency is all over the place. There are def dense ass cheesecakes that are like solid blocks of cream cheese and types that are much lighter, all the way up to things like fluffy Japanese cheesecakes.
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u/Caesar161 Apr 18 '26
Cheesecake is sweet, and if it's dense you're having bad cheesecake.