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Philly Sugar Shack Maple Walnut Cheesecake

"The warm and comforting flavors of maple and walnuts pair deliciously in this rich and creamy cheesecake."

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Philly Sugar Shack Maple Walnut Cheesecake

Why it works: Butter and cream cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,747 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Philly Sugar Shack Maple Walnut Cheesecake

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

357Calories
9 gProtein
29 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Leafnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Walnut + cream cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Walnut + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Walnut + maple syruptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together309 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cream cheese, maple syrup, egg):

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Walnutthe original
  3. Almondfits less well
  4. Nutsfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, cream cheese, maple syrup, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.