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Incredible Middles - Apple Caramel Decadent Cupcakes

"Decadent cupcakes with a delicious caramel middle! All it takes is one box of Duncan Hines® Apple Caramel Cake Mix to make these delicious, moist cupcakes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Incredible Middles - Apple Caramel Decadent Cupcakes

Why it works: Apple and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,706 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Incredible Middles - Apple Caramel Decadent Cupcakes

12 cupcakes
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

549Calories
8 gProtein
39 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cakenot in our table0
Waternot 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. Apple + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,706 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Butter + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Apple + chocolatetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Egg + chocolatetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Applethe original

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