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Vegan Chocolate Ganache Frosting

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Vegan Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Why it works: Agave and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 248 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Vegan Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Makes about 2 cups

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

290Calories
2 gProtein
20 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter Substitute1 tbsp (14g)102
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Agave + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  5. Chocolate + agavetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together132 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the vanilla

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

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Blueberryfits less well
  4. Avocadofits less well

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