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Black Forest Cupcakes Recipe

Luxurious cupcakes from Will Torrent

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cocoa powder and chocolate match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,587 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

8 people
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cocoa powder + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Chocolate + cherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Milk + cherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together850 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Milk + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,121 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, egg, milk, flour, cocoa powder, chocolate):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  3. Raspberryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, egg, milk, flour, cocoa powder, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).