cheesecake
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cheesecake
A baked cake whose main filling consists of quark, cream cheese, or a similar ingredient and that is usually prepared on a shortcrust pastry base.
Meine Oma backt den besten Käsekuchen nach einem alten Familienrezept.
My grandma bakes the best cheesecake using an old family recipe.
The word consists of 'Käse' (cheese) and 'Kuchen' (cake). What is important here is that 'Käse' (cheese) does not mean hard cheese like Gouda, but a cream cheese preparation or quark.
Für diesen Käsekuchen braucht man 500 Gramm Quark.
For this cheesecake, you need 500 grams of quark.
Common verbs in connection with cheesecake are 'backen' (to bake), 'essen' (to eat), or 'bestellen' (to order). In a café, you usually order 'ein Stück Käsekuchen' (a piece of cheesecake).
Am Sonntag backen wir einen Käsekuchen für die ganze Familie.
On Sunday we are baking a cheesecake for the whole family.
In Austria and parts of Bavaria, the word 'Topfen' is used for quark. There, the cake is therefore often called 'Topfenkuchen' or 'Topfentorte'.
In Wien habe ich einen leckeren Topfenkuchen gegessen.
In Vienna, I ate a delicious Topfenkuchen.