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Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,087 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

1 batch

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

171Calories
2 gProtein
15 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Agave1 tsp (7g)21

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Agave + creamtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

  3. Cream cheese + agavetop 35% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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