How many calories in cheesecake
A slice of cheesecake has about 400 kcal, most of it from the cream cheese and the base.
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To burn it off
A slice is 400 kcal, with 28 g of fat, 32 g of carbs and 7 g of protein. Most of that is cream cheese, butter and sugar.
The digestive biscuit base is crushed biscuits held together with butter, so it adds more than it looks like. A topping of fruit compote adds a bit more sugar.
Baked New York style and the no bake fridge kind come out similar. Slice size changes it far more than the recipe does.
Tips
- 1Ask for a thin slice, or split a slice for pudding.
- 2Leave some of the base on the plate if you only love the filling.
- 3Have berries on the side instead of an extra pour of cream.
Where it comes from
Cakes made with cheese go back to ancient Greece, and the story goes that athletes ate them at the first Olympic Games in 776 BC, though that is hard to prove. The Romans baked cheese, flour and egg together too, in a recipe written down by Cato the Elder. New York cheesecake needed cream cheese, which dairyman William Lawrence of Chester, New York, first made in 1872 while trying to copy French Neufchâtel.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Wikipedia, Cheesecake
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Questions
How many calories in half a slice of cheesecake?
About 200 kcal.
Is baked cheesecake higher than no bake?
They end up close. Both lean on cream cheese, butter and sugar.
Does cheesecake have protein?
A little, about 7 g a slice from the cheese, but most of it is fat and sugar.
Is cheesecake made with light cream cheese lower in calories?
Somewhat, the light cheese has less fat, so the filling is lighter. The butter and biscuit base stay the same, so the slice doesn't drop by half.
How long does cheesecake keep in the fridge?
Keep it covered in the fridge and eat it within about five days. It also freezes well in slices for a couple of months.
