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Peanut Butter Bacon Cupcake

"Also known as the Bomb-Cake, named after a local bar in Milwaukee. This cupcake combines the addictive taste of their Barrie Burger and the fun of their signature Peanut Bomb. Go ahead, try it... It is soooo yummy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Peanut Butter Bacon Cupcake

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Bacon Cupcake

22 cupcakes
Prep25 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

583Calories
19 gProtein
49 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Peanut + cream cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together163 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the peanut

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

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

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