msandra

You have many choices for your cheese cake base:
1.  biscuits / cookies crumbs
2.  wafer crumbs
3.  cracker crumbs
4.  lady finger (for tiramisu)
5.  Sponge cake (for mousse or unbaked cheese cake because they are light)

Traditionally they use crumbs because cheese are heavy.

Baked Cheese Cake
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/CookingSchool/c_CookingClasses/OurBestCheesecake.htm

Video
http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=cookingschool&m=cookingschool/video_display&vid=131

msandra

做蛋糕用的奶油是whipping Cream or Heavy Cream 加糖粉打发的

Both will do.  But it depends on recipe.

For cake decoration, people respond wipped Heavy cream lasts longer but I have not encountered an heavy cream (fat content >36) here in montreal.
I have tried whipping cream,  whipped cream, nutriwhip or 35% . Nutriwhip did the best job.  

Post by Patrick
  
做蛋糕要用那种？

It really depends on what do you like. Chesse has different favours, water and fat content. They also have different hardness.
We use Marscaphone cheese to make Tiramisu but people can use cream cheese mix with wipped cream as subsitute.
Some people use ricotta cheese or cottage cheese instead of traditional cream cheese because it has a lower fat content.

If you are beginner, you can simply follow the recipe and look for the ingredients listed. Afterwards, you can create your own recipe.

msandra

SHENGHGW,
I forgot to mention you can make a pie.

This is the first dessert ( cheese tart ) I made a year ago so it doesn't look nice at all.