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Guinness Cupcakes

This beetroot and Guinness cupcake recipe is deliciously moist. Perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Guinness Cupcakes

Why it works: Flour and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 515 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Guinness Cupcakes

Makes 12 muffins
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1027Calories
25 gProtein
38 gFat
144 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn Oil1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Beetrootnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Flour + beetroottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together515 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Beetroot + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + corntop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,165 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the beetroot

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Beetrootthe original

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