cheesecake
cheesecake
Definition
cheese·cake (-kāk′)
noun
- a kind of cake made of cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs, sugar, etc., usually baked with a bottom crust of crumbs
- ☆ Informal display of the figure, esp. the legs, of a pretty young woman, as in a newspaper photograph
cheesecake
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bake: Cool slightly, then use to top the baked cheesecakes.
- eat: I blame this film for my eating much more cheesecake than reasonable, out of boredom.
- make: Over the last decade or more, we have had phases of making cheesecakes.
- have: Instead, I broke my no puddings diet and had the lemon cheesecake, which was pretty yummy too!
- include: Along with the extensive menu, the business also offers a selection of home made fayre including mouth watering cheesecakes.
Adjective modifier
- indulgent: By the way the dessert menu includes the Cafés wickedly indulgent Chocolate Cheesecake.
- creamy: Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake An indulgent creamy cheesecake with swirls of sweet cinnamon & sticky caramel sauce.
- strawberry: Music, pornography, art, James Bond movies and heroin are all in their different ways forms of virtual strawberry cheesecake.
- lemon: Instead, I broke my no puddings diet and had the lemon cheesecake, which was pretty yummy too!
- chocolate: Some kind of chocolate cheesecake with a toffee cream base.
- white: My blueberry and white chocolate cheesecake was a superior creation, light and creamy allowing the flavor of the mascarpone to come through.
Modifies a noun
- recipe: The 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes contains dozens of delectable cheesecake recipes, each more luscious than the last.
Noun used with modifier
- blueberry: How about a blueberry cheesecake, a fruits of the forest gateau, or a plum crumble?
- vanilla: Cheesecake Normandie A vanilla cheesecake with caramelized apples based on a crunchy " cookie Normand " .
- chocolate: Dinner was good and rounded off with a nice piece of chocolate cheesecake.
- raspberry: A table full of deserts, including fresh fruit salad and cream, profiteroles, and raspberry cheesecake, awaited us.
- vegan: Also the dessert menu incorporates a wide range of options from vegan cheesecake to papaya tart.
Preposition: with
- sauce: For afters there's an innovative selection of puddings, including white chocolate and honeycomb parfait and Amaretto cheesecake with coffee sauce.
- cream: You must try the lemon and ginger cheesecake with pistachio ice cream.
Preposition: for
- dessert: I turned off the program after the case of the death by dangerous driving, and I ate cheesecake for dessert.
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