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Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes

Kids will love making these little chocolate cupcakes, with a crunchy biscuit base and Easter egg topping

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,018 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 12
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 325°F (163°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

  2. Mix the finely crushed biscuits with the melted butter until evenly damp. Press a spoonful firmly into the base of each liner and bake for 5 minutes, then let cool.

  3. Beat the ricotta, icing sugar and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in the beaten eggs, then stir in the melted dark chocolate until evenly combined.

  4. Spoon the filling over the bases, filling each liner about three-quarters full. Bake for 25 minutes until the edges are set and the centres barely wobble; the centre should reach 160°F (71°C).

  5. Cool the cheesecakes in the tin for 30 minutes, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

  6. Press 3 mini chocolate eggs into the top of each cheesecake just before serving.

By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

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

  3. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Milk + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,121 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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