I wrote this recipe for my husband who adores cheesecake but rarely has it as I’m not usually a fan.
However, with the addition of Snickers bars; I’m now a cheesecake convert!
Did you know...
Cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece. In fact, a form of cheesecake may have been served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 B.C. to give them energy. Greek brides of the era also cooked and served cheesecake to their wedding guests.
In "The Oxford Companion to Food," editor Alan Davidson notes that cheesecake was mentioned in Marcus Porcius "Cato's De re Rustica" around 200 BCE and that Cato described making his cheese libum (cake) with results very similar to modern cheesecake. The Romans spread the tradition of cheesecake from Greece across Europe. Centuries later, cheesecake appeared in America, with a variety of regional recipes brought over by immigrants.
When people think of cheesecake today, it's most often associated with a product that has a cream cheese base. Cream cheese was invented in 1872 by American dairyman William Lawrence of Chester, New York, who accidentally stumbled on a method of producing cream cheese while trying to reproduce a French cheese called Neufchâtel.
Taken from
The History of Cheesecake and Cream Cheese by Mary Bellis
