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Chocolate Cream Frosting

"This is a very easy frosting to make, not too sweet, and absolutely outstanding"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chocolate Cream Frosting

Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Chocolate Cream Frosting

3 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

367Calories
10 gProtein
22 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0
Puddingnot 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. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Chocolate + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Condensed milk + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together416 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, condensed milk, cream):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Strawberryfits less well
  4. Raspberryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, condensed milk, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.