Cheese-cake with no cheese and the cheesy one that's got no cake. Can someone explain?

Question

The American or English cheese-cake has no cheese in it so why is it called that? On the other hand there is the Mediterranean cheese-cake which DOES have cheese in it but it's a pie and not a cake. Why the misnomers?

Answer 1

It's pepper jack cheese but they don't consider it to be real.

Answer 2

American cheesecake always has cheese in it, usually cream cheese but sometimes ricotta or mascarpone.

I'm not familiar with the "Mediterranean cheese-cake' that you say is a pie but not a cake. In America there are many different types of things that are called "cakes", but if they don't bake it in a pie pan, it's not a pie.

I think this is just a misunderstanding of recipes and a mistranslation.

Answer 3

Well, my cheesecake has cream cheese in it, but not American cheese or Provolone.  As for the cake part, I'd like a bit of cake in my cheese, but I don't see any.  Maybe someone else can explain part two, but the cheesecake I eat definitely has cheese in it. I'm lactose intolerant and will be very sorry if I don't take my little pills before eating it, so that's proof that we're a cheesed up bunch!

Answer 4

Lol...your messed up Man. Are you just saying there a bunch of chesse and no Pie base holding it, because if the pie base is holding it then guess wat dipshit ITS A CAKE.