Name: Chocolate Strawberry Nutella Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 18 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 sticks Cake; 4 Tablespoons Butter; 1 cup (heaping) Cocoa Powder; 2 cups Boiling Water; 2 cups Flour; ¼ teaspoons Sugar; ½ cups Salt; 2 whole Buttermilk; 1 teaspoon Eggs; 1 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1-½ cup Vanilla; 2 pints Nutella; ¼ cups Strawberries; 1 teaspoon Strawberries, Hulled And Sliced; 2 cups Sugar; ½ cups Vanilla

Why it works: Flour and buttermilk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,721 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

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

Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + buttermilktop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,973 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,189 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,032 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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Chocolate Strawberry Nutella Cake