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. Crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry, or sponge cake can be used to make the crust. Pumpkin can be added to cheesecake recipes in a variety of ways. For example, it can be swirled throughout, mixed thoroughly with all ingredients, or layered. Both baked and unbaked, Bakers makes cheesecakes. Some bakers make cheesecakes and top them with fruit, fruit sauce, chocolate, or whipped cream.
In ancient Greece, an ancient form of cheesecake may have been a common dish. Aegimus, a Greek physician, is the first recorded mention of cheesecake. He wrote a book about making cheesecakes.
In 1912, James Kraft invented a type of pasteurized cream cheese. Kraft acquired the Philadelphia trademark and sold pasteurized Philadelphia Cream Cheese in 1928.
Cheesecakes are available in North America in several different styles.
