The first cheesecake is closer in time to the construction of the Pyramids of Giza than it is to the creation of the Basque Cheesecake in the 1980s. To make fresh cheese desserts is to be human. We cover cheesecake past, present, and future and make a Basque Cheesecake!
Sources:
The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, Oxford University Press, 2015
https://devourtours.com/blog/san-sebastian-cheesecake/
https://smittenkitchen.com/2024/06/easy-basque-cheesecake/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPZxQ4WvgyI
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/27/cheesecake-ancient-greece/
