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No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecakes

The Key lime pie turns into a no-bake cheesecake!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecakes

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 ↓

No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecakes

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories
18 gProtein
40 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Toppingnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Cream cheese + condensed milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together164 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  3. Lime + condensed milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Cream cheese + limetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Butter + condensed milktop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the lime

The recipe marks lime as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cream cheese, condensed milk):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Limethe original

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