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Pumpkin Banana Bread with Nutella

Moist pumpkin banana bread with a creamy Nutella swirl.

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Why it works: Pumpkin and banana work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 99 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, 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. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray or oil.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the pureed pumpkin, mashed bananas, eggs, Greek yogurt and vanilla until smooth.

  3. In a second bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice together.

  4. Stir the brown sugar and granulated sugar into the wet mixture, then fold in the dry ingredients just until no dry streaks remain.

  5. Spoon half the batter into the pan. Dollop the Nutella over it in spoonfuls, then cover with the remaining batter and swirl gently with a knife.

  6. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the eggs are set.

  7. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely before slicing.

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. Pumpkin + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Banana + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Banana + yogurttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Yogurt + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,191 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 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