Cinnamon + Black currant
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 28 recipes, and they share 256 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Do cinnamon and black currant go together?
Yes. 28 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 256 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 5% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of cinnamon's flavor molecules (256 of 324) also occur in black currant. Among the shared key aromas are 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
What each one brings
cinnamon
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for black currant. It carries 68 molecules black currant doesn't have.
black currant
The floral side. Floral notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for cinnamon. It carries 95 molecules cinnamon doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 8% with black currant.
- Clove: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 7% with black currant.
- Vanilla: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 4% with black currant.
- Almond: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 6% with black currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with cinnamon and black currant
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (79% of cinnamon's and 73% of black currant's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 256 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 68 only in cinnamon and the 95 only in black currant.
Cinnamon and black currant questions
Do cinnamon and black currant go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 28 recipes, and they share 256 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do cinnamon and black currant taste good together?
More than half of cinnamon's flavor molecules (256 of 324) also occur in black currant. Among the shared key aromas are 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
What goes with cinnamon and black currant?
Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon and top 8% with black currant. Clove and vanilla also fit both.
What can you make with cinnamon and black currant?
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Black Currant Wine, Stoofpeertjes.
Can I use black currant instead of cinnamon?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (79% of cinnamon's and 73% of black currant's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Black Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-black-currant. Accessed 2026-11-06.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Black Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-black-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.