What is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day?
To make a base, this sweet dessert uses fresh soft cheese, cream cheese, or cottage cheese, eggs, and sugar.. The crust is made from crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry, or sponge cake. Pumpkin can be added to cheesecake recipes in a variety of ways. For example, it may be swirled through, mixed thoroughly with all ingredients, or layered. Both baked and unbaked, Bakers make cheesecakes. Cheesecakes are popular among bakers in the United States and are served with fruit, fruit sauce, chocolate, or whipped cream.
Cheesecake may have been a common dish in ancient Greece, and it may have been an ancient form of cheesecake. Aegimus, a Greek physician, is the first documented mention of cheesecake by a Greek scholar. He wrote a book on cheesecake making.
In 1912, James Kraft introduced a form of pasteurized cream cheese. Kraft acquired the Philadelphia trademark and sold pasteurized Philadelphia Cream Cheese in 1928.
Cheesecakes are available in North America in a variety of styles.
