Name: Irish Car Bomb Cake, a Chocolate Guinness Cake with Irish Whiskey and Irish Cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (350 g) all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; 10 tablespoons (140 g or 1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter; 1 bottle (11.5 oz or 1 1/2 cups) Guinness; 3/4 cup (80 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 1/2 cups (300 g) granulated white sugar; 1/2 cup (110 g) dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup (115 g) Greek-style yogurt; 2 large eggs; 1/4 cup Irish whiskey; 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream; 16 oz (2 bricks) cream cheese; 8 oz (1 tub) Mascarpone cheese; 2 cups (230 g) powdered sugar; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoon Irish whiskey; 3 tablespoons Irish cream

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

Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Yogurt + cream cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together873 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Cocoa powder + creamtop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together826 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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Irish Car Bomb Cake, a Chocolate Guinness Cake with Irish Whiskey and Irish Cream