Basque Cheesecake is a Spanish cheesecake with a distinctive burnt and caramelized top. Its creamy, almost custard-like interior without a crust became a culinary sensation around the world. Japan is no exception, and Basque Cheesecake was THE dessert in the late 2010s that everybody was talking about. It is still going strong in Japan, and not only restaurants and bakeries but also many convenience stores have started making packaged Basque Cheesecakes, making it super popular among the ordinary public, not just foodies.

Souffle Cheesecake is a popular cheesecake sold at western-style dessert shops in Japan.  As you can guess from the name, it is a light and airy soufflé-like dessert as opposed to dense and thick American cheesecake.  Soufflé Cheesecake is not overly sweet, as with other Japanese cakes, but it still has a good enough cheese flavor to be called a cheesecake.