Waffelz Kasekuchen - Style Cheesecake-Flavored Wafers

Thin, crunchy wafers layered with a cheesecake-flavored cream come together to create these delicious Waffelz; light, airy, and sweet, but with a tang that calls to mind the more complex flavors of cheesecake. With a history dating back to ancient Greece, cheesecake, then called ‘libuma,’ was a delicacy reserved for special occasions. Today, it is most traditionally associated with New York—although it was a German immigrant who brought over ‘käsekuchen’ and popularized it, leading to the widely beloved smooth, velvety New York cheesecake we have today.