Cheesecake

Overview

Cheesecake is a cooking recipe in Starsand Island that produces a rich dessert with high stamina recovery. It requires four ingredients: Flour, Milk, Sugar, and Honey. The recipe is purchased from the Merchant Ship, a floating vendor that docks at Starsand Port and refreshes its stock every Monday.

With +143 stamina recovery and a sell price of 434 coins, Cheesecake is one of the highest-tier dessert dishes in the game. It does not grant any special buff, so its value comes from the combination of strong stamina restoration and solid profitability. However, the recipe demands a total of 15 ingredient units per cook (8 Flour, 2 Milk, 3 Sugar, 2 Honey), which means players need well-established production lines for Wheat, ranching, and beekeeping before cooking it efficiently.

Recipe Details

Ingredients

Where to Get the Recipe

The Cheesecake recipe is purchased from the Merchant Ship, a floating vendor that docks at Starsand Port in Half-Moon Bay. The ship's stock refreshes every Monday and includes rare recipes that are not available from any mainland shop.

Before you can access the Merchant Ship, you must complete the Starsand Port Construction quest given by Marston. This quest involves gathering construction materials and rebuilding the port dock. Once the port is operational, the Merchant Ship begins docking on a weekly cycle.

The Merchant Ship operates from 08:00 to 22:00 and sells a rotating selection of rare items alongside its recipe offerings. Check every Monday for new recipes, including Cheesecake, Black Forest Cake, Tiramisu, and other dishes not found in the Auraleaf Kitchen. Recipe availability may rotate, so visit the ship regularly until you find the one you need.

Ingredient Sourcing

Cheesecake requires ingredients from four different production chains: crop processing (Flour), ranching (Milk), crop processing (Sugar), and beekeeping (Honey). This makes it one of the more demanding recipes in terms of infrastructure. Here is how to source each ingredient.

Flour (8 per Cook)

Flour is the largest ingredient requirement for Cheesecake. It is produced by processing Wheat through the Separator. Wheat is a Starter-tier farmland crop that grows in all four seasons, so you can produce Flour year-round without worrying about seasonal restrictions.

Wheat seeds are available from the Happiness Seed Shop and can be planted from the very start of the game. Since each Cheesecake requires 8 Flour, you will need a large and consistent Wheat supply. Dedicate several crop tiles to Wheat and keep your Separator running continuously. Building multiple Separators helps if you cook Cheesecake frequently.

Milk (2 per Cook)

Milk is obtained from cows through the ranching system. You need female black-and-white cows housed in a Cow Barn. Cows must be fed daily with Animal Feed to stay healthy and produce byproducts. Once your cows are well-fed and happy, they will produce Milk that you can collect each day.

Cows can be purchased from the Green Pasture Ranch next to your home. You will also need to unlock the Cow Barn blueprint by progressing through the Rancher profession with Pastelle. With 2 Milk needed per Cheesecake, keeping two or three producing cows ensures you never run short.

Sugar (3 per Cook)

Sugar is a processed ingredient made by putting Sugarcane or Beetroot into the Separator. You need 3 Sugar per Cheesecake. Sugarcane is an all-season crop that grows in Paddy Fields, making it available year-round. Beetroot is another option that produces Sugar through the same process.

If you are already processing Wheat into Flour on one Separator, consider building a second Separator dedicated to Sugar production. Both Flour and Sugar come from the same station, so having two running in parallel prevents bottlenecks.

Honey (2 per Cook)

Honey is produced by Beehives on your farm. To start beekeeping, you must reach Intermediate Rancher tier at the Green Pasture Ranch, then purchase the Beehive blueprint from Pastelle's shop. Crafting a Beehive costs 6 Honeycomb, 6 Hardwood Planks, and 3 Iron Sheets.

Honeycomb is found by chopping down Banyan Trees and White Fig Trees that have small yellow wild beehives hanging from their branches. Good locations for finding wild hives include the forest west of Cloudrest Lake and Windflute Island. After crafting and placing your Beehive, catch Bumblebees with a net (found near flowers around Zephyria's house) and place them in the hive's 13 available slots. Bees work between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, collecting nectar and producing Honey throughout the day.

With 2 Honey needed per Cheesecake, a well-populated Beehive provides enough daily Honey for multiple servings. Placing hives near crop fields also grants a pollination bonus that speeds up crop growth.

Profitability

At a sell price of 434 coins, Cheesecake is one of the highest-selling dessert dishes in the game. However, its profitability must be weighed against its heavy ingredient requirements. Each serving needs 15 total ingredient units across four different production chains, making it one of the more resource-intensive recipes to produce in bulk.

Here is how Cheesecake compares to other dessert recipes:

Cheesecake and Black Forest Cake share identical ingredients, stamina recovery, and sell price. Tiramisu provides the same stamina and sell value but skips the 8 Flour requirement, making it significantly cheaper to produce. If you are choosing between these three for pure profitability, Tiramisu offers the best return on investment because it achieves the same 434-coin sell price with fewer ingredients.

That said, Cheesecake is still worth cooking if you have surplus Flour and want to convert it into income. Rather than letting processed Wheat sit in storage, turning it into Cheesecake alongside your other ingredients is a productive use of excess materials.

Selling to the Merchant Ship on Monday at 200% price brings the sell value to 868 coins per dish. If you stockpile Cheesecake throughout the week and sell in bulk on Monday, the returns become much more attractive despite the high ingredient cost.

Related Dessert Recipes

If you enjoy baking desserts or want to explore other sweet dishes that use similar ingredients, consider these related recipes:

• Black Forest Cake: Uses the exact same ingredients and quantities as Cheesecake (8 Flour, 2 Milk, 3 Sugar, 2 Honey) with identical stamina and sell price. Also purchased from the Merchant Ship.

• Tiramisu: Shares three of Cheesecake's four ingredients (Milk, Sugar, Honey) but skips Flour entirely. Same stamina recovery and sell price, making it a more efficient alternative.

• Strawberry Mousse: A lighter dessert using Milk, Sugar, and Strawberry. Lower stamina (+131) and sell price (374 coins), but requires fewer ingredients and no Flour or Honey.

• Berry Daifuku: Another dessert option that uses different base ingredients. Good for variety in your cooking menu.

• Laba Congee: A warm dish that also uses Sugar. If you are processing Sugar in bulk for Cheesecake, you can divert some to cook Laba Congee as well.

Tips

• Flour is the biggest bottleneck for Cheesecake. Each serving needs 8 Flour, which requires a large amount of Wheat. Dedicate at least a full row of crop tiles to Wheat and keep your Separator running at all times.

• Build multiple Separators if you cook Cheesecake regularly. One can handle Wheat-to-Flour processing while the other handles Sugarcane-to-Sugar, preventing queue delays.

• Since Cheesecake and Black Forest Cake use identical ingredients, you can switch between the two freely depending on which recipe you have unlocked first. There is no gameplay difference between them.

• If you have not yet unlocked beekeeping, prioritize reaching Intermediate Rancher tier. Without a reliable Honey supply, Cheesecake production stalls. Focus on completing Pastelle's ranching quests early.

• Consider cooking Tiramisu instead if Flour is scarce. Tiramisu skips the 8-Flour requirement while providing the same +143 stamina and 434-coin sell price.

• Stockpile Cheesecake during the week and sell to the Merchant Ship on Monday for 868 coins each (200% markup). This is one of the best ways to profit from surplus Flour and Honey.

• Place your Beehives near crop fields for the pollination bonus, which speeds up Wheat and Sugarcane growth. This creates a positive feedback loop: faster crops mean more Flour and Sugar, and the bees produce the Honey you need.

• Wheat grows in all four seasons, so Flour production never stops. Sugarcane is also an all-season crop. The only seasonal consideration is making sure your cows and bees are well-maintained year-round.