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Banana Split Cheesecake

"A good no-bake cheesecake. It tastes just like its name."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Banana Split Cheesecake

Why it works: Pineapple and banana match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 733 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Banana Split Cheesecake

1 -9x12 inch pan

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

765Calories
8 gProtein
35 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Toppingnot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0

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

By allrecipes. 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. Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Cream cheese + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  5. Cream cheese + bananatop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

Swap the banana

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Strawberryfits about as well
  4. Bananathe original

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