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Funfetti Cake Batter Milkshake

Creamy vanilla ice cream, swirled with funfetti cake batter creates this smooth and indulgent Funfetti Cake Batter Milkshake!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 19,175 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Add the vanilla ice cream, milk, and half of the funfetti cake mix to a blender.

  2. Blend on high for about 1 minute until smooth and thick, scraping down the sides once if needed.

  3. Add the colored sprinkles and pulse 3 to 4 times just to mix them in without melting them.

  4. Pour into two chilled glasses, sprinkle extra sprinkles on top if desired, and serve right away.

By tastykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Vanilla + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together12,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Cream + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,129 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Cream + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29,395 recipes

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

Vanilla and cream share little aroma chemistry, yet 12,294 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vanilla, cream, milk):

  1. Cocoabetter flavor fit
  2. Filbertabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Almondthe original
  4. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against vanilla, cream, milk. 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).