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Gingerbread Cheesecake

We had some leftover gingerbread cookies from Christmas, so we decided to use those to make a gingerbread cheesecake with an orange twist. It turned out to be a delicious and easy to make desert!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Gingerbread Cheesecake

Why it works: Orange and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,371 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Gingerbread Cheesecake

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

462Calories
10 gProtein
27 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
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 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. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Cream + gelatintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,628 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Sugar + gelatintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cream, sugar, honey, cream cheese, gelatin, vanilla):

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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