1,182 cheese food recipes

Black and white cake: tender white egg-white layer cake with vanilla and almond extracts, finished with a split cream cheese frosting half vanilla and half chocolate-amaretto.

Mini blackbottom cupcakes with a fudgy chocolate cake base topped with a sweet cream cheese and chocolate chip filling, cooked in the microwave using paper egg cartons as molds. A vintage retro treat that's quick and fun.

Snickers pie assembly with fudge filling, chopped candy bars, cream cheese layer and milk chocolate drizzle. Decadent triple-layer chocolate pie finished cold.

No-bake double cheese cheesecake combines cream cheese and cottage cheese in a lemon gelatin filling, set in a buttery graham cracker crust. Light, tangy, fridge-set summer dessert.

White chocolate ricotta-filled cookies: crisp baked wonton skins sandwich a white chocolate, ricotta, and orange zest filling, with toasted hazelnuts and dark chocolate baked into the shell. A fusion dessert with serious restaurant flair.

Basic cheesecake recipe done right: three pounds of cream cheese, sour cream, heavy cream, and a foil-wrapped water bath for the silkiest, crackless slice you'll ever cut.

Light ricotta cheesecake swaps cream cheese for ricotta and buttermilk, finished with fresh orange zest. The crust is graham crackers spiced with ground ginger. Italian-leaning, lighter version.

Crustless Oreo cheesecake with chunks of cookie folded right into the batter and a cookie-crumb top. Baked in a water bath until silky, then flipped so the bottom becomes the top.

Irish mist brownies: fudgy chocolate brownies topped with a minty cream cheese filling. A St. Patrick's Day dessert with classic mint-chocolate charm.

Two savory strudel fillings: creamy mashed potato with crispy fried onions, or ricotta with scallions and egg. Classic Central European fillings ready to wrap in phyllo for baked strudel.

Lighter cheesecake made with Neufchatel and blended cottage cheese for a tangy, creamy filling with less fat than classic versions. Graham cracker dusted pan, no crust fuss.

Lighter ricotta cheesecake with a ginger graham crust, orange-scented filling, and tangy buttermilk. All the richness of a classic, without the cream cheese overload.

Frangelico cheesecake spiked with hazelnut liqueur for a nutty, faintly sweet adult dessert. Just five ingredients in a graham cracker crust for an easy, dinner-party-worthy cheesecake.

Lo-fat holiday cheesecake made with nonfat cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and egg substitute on a graham crust, topped with cherry pie filling. Lighter classic for the dessert table.

Kolachky cream cheese dough, the rich, flaky pastry base for these Eastern European cookies. Just flour, butter, cream cheese and egg, chilled overnight, rolled on sugar and filled with prune, apricot, walnut or poppy seed.

Cream puff cake built on a from-scratch choux pastry crust, layered with a vanilla pudding and cream cheese filling, whipped topping, and a chocolate drizzle. Tastes like a giant eclair in 9x13 form.