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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

"A chocolate cream cheese frosting. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 895 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

3 1/2 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Melt the four 1-ounce squares of unsweetened chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth, then let it cool slightly.

  2. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until soft and smooth.

  3. Add the confectioners' sugar and salt to the cream cheese and beat on low speed until just combined, then increase to medium and beat until fluffy.

  4. Add the vanilla extract, evaporated milk, and the cooled melted chocolate, and beat until the frosting is smooth and evenly colored.

  5. If the frosting is too stiff to spread, beat in a little more evaporated milk one teaspoon at a time, or use it right away on cooled cake or cupcakes.

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

  1. Chocolate + cream cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together895 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,934 recipes

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

  5. Chocolate + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla 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