Name: Non-fat Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients: 1 cartn ff ricotta; 1 cartn ff cream cheese; 1 box instant vanilla pudding; 1 cup or to taste confectioners; sugar; x small amount of nf milk; x beat together until firm and; tasty

Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Non-fat Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

Directions

It tastes very good and gives a thicker consistency similar to buttercream

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

483Calories

21 gProtein

28 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Pudding	not in our table	0

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.

Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cream cheese + vanillatop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,929 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,393 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together77,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Vanilla and sugar 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

Vanilla Ice Cream108 recipes

Cheese Balls97 recipes

Cheese Cake55 recipes

Cream Cheese46 recipes

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Non-fat Cream Cheese Icing