Best Basque Burnt Cheesecakes in Sydney

Updated September 17th, 2021

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This lockdown, we've been making DIY burgers like there's no tomorrow, sourdough is our ride-or-die isolation bread (although Japanese shokupan is nipping at its heels) and we're still dutifully ordering creative takeaway from our local restaurants, cafes and bars.

But Basque burnt cheesecake – all caramelised and glossy on the outside, wobbly and custardy on the inside – is the breakout cake. For the uninitiated, it’s less sweet than its North American relative, the New York cheesecake, and also lacks a biscuit-y base. That makes it dangerous in the best possible way: it’s easy to hoover up one of these things in no time at all. Here are our favourites.

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  • Stanmore’s elegant fine diner has upheld its reputation for fine things during not one but two Sydney lockdowns, flipping into a lockdown bakery to beat all others. Naturally, a Basque burnt cheesecake appears in its weekly offering of standout sweets.

  • There’s a hint of Latin fire in everything Porteno does, so it comes as no surprise to us that its humble little bakery turns out a note-perfect Basque burnt cheesecake. Bit of fun: this cake uses a cream cheese and Meredith Goat's Cheese blend. And you can order it ahead, too.

  • We’re so glad someone’s doing this: sourdough-brioche doughnuts piped with Basque-burnt cheesecake filling, then dipped in sugar and torched to an amber glaze. Incredible stuff.

  • Dimitri’s has quietly been one of the best pizzerias in the inner city for some time. And for dessert on the takeaway menu, it takes advantage of the woodfired pizza oven to give its Basque burnt cheesecake a welcome lick of cherry-wood smoke.

  • We’ve yet to really see something that Baked by Keiran can’t bake well (or bake and burn, in this case). The BBC is everything you could ask for: all the blistered char on the outside, with a sweet, refreshing centre.

  • Koi’s cakes look like works of art. Not one to follow tradition either, its Basque burnt cheescake goes a bit off-piste with a blanket of black truffle shavings on top. Order for pick-up or delivery here.

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