Joe Seagers New York C/Cake - does it have a base?

Was looking at this recipe posted here and notice it has no base?

joybells2, according to that recipe that I posted from one of Jo's books, it does NOT have a base - not all baked cheesecakes do apparently and I recall a chef baking one on TV, then adding the base as a topping prior to inverting the cheesecake so that it appeared to have had the filling placed on top of the base when in actually fact the base was 'an add-on". I haven't made Joe's cheesecake but I guess that for anyone who feels that this cheesecake really needs a base, that TV chef's method could be an alternative. :-))

I made it and it didn't have a base and it was still delicious. I made that recipe in particular as I was wanting it to be gluten free and every other cheesecake required a biscuit base. I also made a berry topping for it and no-one else complained that there was no base; it was delicious, not too sweet thanks to the ricotta cheese in it. Will definitely make it again as it doesn't get any easier than that for a recipe.