You can clearly see from the picture how dense and stiff the centre is, which sure may not suggest a good basque burnt cheesecake with a molten centre but could still turn out to be a really good creamy cheesecake; but no, it really was extremely tough and dense. It was definitely over-baked and had an exceedingly odd gummy texture — not pleasant at all, to say the least. The creamy salted caramel was a saving grace here (I loved it), but that was pretty much it. I left half the cake unfinished 🙃