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Cherry Cheezecake

"Great tasting cheesecake...fools even the most ardent dairy fans."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cherry Cheezecake

Why it works: Tofu and soy milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cherry Cheezecake

4 to 6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1045Calories
34 gProtein
26 gFat
173 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Soy Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tofu100g firm76
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pie Fillingnot 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. Tofu + soy milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Lemon + cherrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Lemon + soy milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together36 recipes

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

  4. Maple syrup + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,252 recipes

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

  5. Maple syrup + soy milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, tofu, cream cheese, sugar, soy milk, cherry):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, tofu, cream cheese, sugar, soy milk, cherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.