Sara Lee's cream cheesecake was named after whose eight-year-old daughter?

Sara Lee’s cream cheesecake was named after Charles Lubin’s eight-year-old daughter, Sara Lee Lubin.

In 1935, Charles Lubin and his brother-in-law Arthur Gordon bought Community Bake Shops, a small chain of Chicago neighborhood bakeries. Lubin later created a cream cheesecake and gave it his daughter’s name, helping turn “Sara Lee” into a recognizable food brand.

The name did not originally refer to a separate company founder or celebrity. Sara Lee was Lubin’s daughter, while Lubin was the baker and businessman who developed the branded cheesecake. Arthur Gordon was Lubin’s business partner, which makes him a plausible but incorrect distractor.

Consolidated Foods acquired Kitchens of Sara Lee in 1956, and the Sara Lee name eventually expanded beyond cheesecake into a broad range of frozen and packaged foods.