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Strawberry-Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

"These cupcakes come out so moist, and the surprise in the middle makes them even better - the whipped cream cheese makes filling nice and creamy."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Strawberry-Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Why it works: Cream cheese and strawberry work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 285 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Strawberry-Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

2 dozen cupcakes
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

600Calories
27 gProtein
39 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Cakenot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Waternot 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.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cream cheese + strawberrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together285 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + strawberrytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cream + cream cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Chocolate + cream cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together894 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the strawberry

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits about as well
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Strawberrythe original

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