Question About Mixing Flavors That Require Large Percentages

[The White Rabbit]

For example. I'm attempting a Strawberry Cheesecake. Capella's Sweet Strawberry works great at 20%, and Lorann's Cheesecake also works great at 20%. 20% total flavoring is typically a number I like to stay under. Now when I mix the Cheesecake with something more concentrated it's not a problem, I can drop down to 15% Cheesecake and have 5% of flavoring to play with.

So with the Strawberry Cheesecake I'd like to do 50/50 on the mix, they are pretty equal in strength. But when I do 10% of both, both flavors are weak. Now when you run into this issue, do you just move along to something else or would you push the flavorings up to 30-40%? Or find a more concentrated Cheesecake or Strawberry?

 

[kabonk]

I deside which I would want to be the domanate flavor, like I mix capella's strawbery and cream at 10% and 2 % TPA cheese cake and the strawberry shines through, maybe you just need your flavors steep for a few days or I would go 10% capella's ny cheese cake and 2 % Strawberrys and cream to get a more cheese cake flavor

 

[The White Rabbit]

So Lorann's Cheesecake is the problem then I guess. It's such a tasty flavor too. TPA Cheesecake or Capella's NY Cheesecake to mix with Sweet Strawberry ya think?

 

[kabonk]

well TPA cheese cake to me is very cheesy for lack of a better word and it seems to me that anything over 2 -4 % would be way to cheesy ( and not in a good way) and the capella's cheese cake to me is very cream and mild tasting but taste is subjective so try a few cheese cakes

 

[Hoosier]

well TPA cheese cake to me is very cheesy for lack of a better word and it seems to me that anything over 2 -4 % would be way to cheesy ( and not in a good way) and the capella's cheese cake to me is very cream and mild tasting but taste is subjective so try a few cheese cakes

I have no idea why I burst out laughing when I read this, but I did. Cheese must be connected to my funny bone today.

(The thought is a good one and isn't funny, but the way it was smithed got me.)

 

[kabonk]

but if you've tried TPA cheese cake you know I'm right

 

[The White Rabbit]

Thanks for the advice. I believe I've got a little TPA bottle of Cheesecake (Graham Crust), would your low percentage apply to that as well? That'd be great if I could get away with 2-5%, leaves a lot of room for Strawberry.

 

[kabonk]

I haven't tried that one

 

[The White Rabbit]

I'll letcha know how it turns out. Thanks for the advice.

 

[TxTunesLady]

I'll letcha know how it turns out. Thanks for the advice.

Very Interested to hear HOW it turned out?!

 

[The White Rabbit]

Never did get the sweet strawberry to mix right with the cheesecake. Got some Cap's NY Cheesecake on order, let's see how that turns out instead.