One thing I love is Cheesecake and one thing I am extremely fussy about is cheesecake. The nicest cheesecake I ever had was a vanilla baked cheesecake from an American dinner, so that gives you an idea of what I'm after.

Nothing I hate more than these soft sloppy cheesecakes that seems to be the rage often containing no cream cheese but made with condensed milk, no for me a cheesecake has to be firm to hard, not to much base either, its all about the top. Flavour doesn't bother me, I am more than happy with vanilla.

Any recommendations?

Not sure if it will suit, but i made nutella cheesecake - nigellas recipe. 400g nutella, 500g cream cheese and 60g icing sugar on top of as much base as you like. Not baked bit delicious!

Probably not what you're after as it's flavoured but my white chocolate and salted caramel cheesecake is legendary. Everyone loves it, I've a mate who's a chef in a really nice restaurant and even he asked me for the recipe.

I use half mascarpone and half Philadelphia with melted white chocolate (4 big bars!) and double cream. I use Oreos for the base and then make a salted caramel to go on top. It's a non-bake one and it's bloody amazing (even if I do say so myself).

I'd look at using half and half mascarpone and Philadelphia and then double cream as a base recipe for the filling. You can then add whatever else you want.