Cappuccino-kissed Cheesecake

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 + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

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

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

   Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

5. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together12,655 recipes

   Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese

Forms the dense, creamy body of the cheesecake filling.

Eggs

Set during baking to give the filling its structure.

Hershey's mini kisses semi-sweet baking pieces

Melted into the filling to add chocolate flavor and richness.

Chocolate cookie crumbs

Form the crust that holds the cheesecake together.

Butter

Binds the cookie crumbs so the crust holds its shape.

Instant espresso powder

Adds coffee aroma that gives the cheesecake its cappuccino flavor.

The step that matters

Swap the cinnamon

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

1. Cinnamonthe original
2. Nutmegfits about as well
3. Peppermintfits less well
4. Gingerfits less well

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