Help the food critic finish her review of a highly unusual cooking competition by choosing the correct sentence adverb for each gap.
The addition of bitter cigar ash, paradoxically, made the chocolate cake taste incredibly sweet and complex. The dessert was ostensibly a centuries-old family recipe, though the judges suspected the chef had simply panicked and improvised on the spot. Ultimately, the resulting mess was undeniably the best thing the panel had ever tasted, given their unanimous perfect scores.
The addition of bitter cigar ash, paradoxically, made the chocolate cake taste incredibly sweet and complex.
"Paradoxically" is used because adding something bitter to make something sweet is a contradiction or paradox.
The dessert was ostensibly a centuries-old family recipe...
"Ostensibly" means apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually. It perfectly fits a situation where someone claims one thing, but others suspect the truth is different.
Ultimately, the resulting mess was undeniably the best thing the panel had ever tasted...
"Undeniably" means it cannot be denied. The "unanimous perfect scores" serve as irrefutable proof.