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Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

"Swirled with pureed strawberries, these cheesecake bars are as pretty as they are delicious."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

Why it works: Cinnamon and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

2 dozen bars
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

962Calories
31 gProtein
36 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Syrupnot 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. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Syrup + condensed milktop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Cinnamon + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Syrup + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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