I am not sure where it got the name because it does not have lettuce to be a salad, and it does not have cream cheese to be a cheesecake, either! However, it does have fruit, so you could call it a fruit salad. The traditional red, white, and blue cheesecake (like this one) uses strawberries, blueberries, and mini marshmallows tossed in a sweet cheesecake-flavored cream dressing.