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Vanilla Frosting Surprise

Creamy, smooth frosting with cottage cheese? You bet! Less calories, fat, and sugar than regular frosting.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Vanilla Frosting Surprise

Why it works: Cottage cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 126 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Vanilla Frosting Surprise

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

727Calories
31 gProtein
15 gFat
112 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Cottage cheese + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  3. Cottage cheese + vanillatop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Cheese + vanillatop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Cottage cheese + sugartop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, cheese, sugar):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Applefits about as well
  3. Vanillathe original
  4. Strawberryfits about as well

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