Amethyst Cheesecake Torte Recipe (2024)

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Is a cheesecake a torte? ›

Modern cheesecake is not usually classified as an actual "cake", despite the name (compare with Boston cream "pie"). Some people classify it as a torte due to the usage of many eggs, which are the sole source of leavening, as a key factor.

While cheesecake itself did not originate in Italy (it actually comes from Greece), the popular dessert has made its way there and taken hold. As bakers and dessert lovers know, there is a wide variety of types of cheesecake, with different flavors, textures, and richness.

“My grandfather said, 'If you're going to open a restaurant in New York, you've got to have great cheesecake,'” says Alan Rosen, third-generation owner at Junior's. Over the years, scores of restaurants and bakeries would follow this thought and tout their cheesecake as New York cheesecake.

This recipe makes a classic New York-style cheesecake with a buttery graham cracker crust and rich, dense filling made from cream cheese, eggs, sugar, sour cream, vanilla, a hint of lemon, and a few tablespoons of flour. Cream cheese is the key ingredient, so I recommend using a good brand, like Philadelphia.

Torts fall into three general categories: intentional torts (e.g., intentionally hitting a person); negligent torts (e.g., causing an accident by failing to obey traffic rules); and strict liability torts (e.g., liability for making and selling defective products - see Products Liability).

A torte (/ˈtɔːrt/; from German: Torte (German pronunciation: [ˈtɔrtə]), in turn from Latin via Italian: torta) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit. Ordinarily, the cooled torte is glazed and garnished.

The main difference between what we would consider typical New York American cheesecake and Italian cheesecake is that in Italy, cheesecake is made with ricotta rather than cream cheese. It is also a bit lighter and dryer, more cakelike and less cloying.

When most people refer to Philadelphia-style cheesecake, experts say, they're talking about a version marketed by the cream cheese brand. New York style typically has sour cream or heavy cream in the mix. Philadelphia style doesn't. Which means it doesn't have anything to do with Philadelphia, the city.

cheesecake noun (WOMEN)

[ U ] mainly US old-fashioned slang. photographs of sexually attractive young women wearing very few clothes, or the women who appear in such photographs. Compare. beefcake informal. (Definition of cheesecake from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University ...

It was used figuratively for "soft, effeminate" from 18c. The modern slang meaning dates from 1933; a "Time" magazine article from 1934 defined it as "leg-pictures of sporty females." In its early years this sense of the word often was associated with film star Marlene Dietrich.

What is the difference between French style cheesecake and regular cheesecake? ›

A French Style Cheesecake is simple, elegant, and a bit different than the popular one New York Cheesecake. The French one it's creamier and leaves you with a strong vanilla flavor from the first bite.

cheesecake noun (WOMEN)

[ U ] mainly US old-fashioned slang. photographs of sexually attractive young women wearing very few clothes, or the women who appear in such photographs. Compare. beefcake informal.

We own and operate two bakery production facilities, one in Calabasas Hills, California, and one in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where we produce approximately 70 varieties of cheesecakes and other baked desserts based on proprietary recipes.

Cheesecake typically has about the same calories as an iced chocolate cake and roughly 30 per cent fewer calories than a chocolate mud cake. It also has on average 2-3 times as much calcium, less sugar and more protein than either kind of chocolate cake.

According to FineCooking.com, the beloved dessert is classified as a pie. “[…] Let's talk about cheesecakes,” said food writer Brian Geiger. “Generally cheesecakes are cylindrical, 4-6″ tall or more, have a baked custard center, and a crumb crust.

Cheesecake is Technically a Tart

So, what we have is a dessert consisting of a pastry shell, a thick custard-like filling that can be sweetened with vanilla extract, limes, strawberries, chocolate, blueberries, or even pumpkin.

Tortes are generally multilayered desserts and tend to contain not just cake and frosting but jam, mousse, whipped toppings, and other fillings. Due to a lack of flour, tortes tend to be denser and heavier than their cake counterparts, and they often don't rise as tall as regular cakes do.

The answer—in English, at least—is not so simple. A torte is a cake or a tart, depending on when and where the recipe originated and who named it.