Name: Chocolate Crepe Cake with Pumpkin Mascarpone Cream Filling
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ⅔ cups FOR THE CREPE LAYER:; ¼ cups All-purpose Flour; ¼ teaspoons Dark Cocoa Powder; 2 whole Salt; ¼ cups Eggs; 1 cup Sugar; ¼ cups Milk; 1 teaspoon Butter, Melted; 2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract; 1 container Butter For Cooking Crepes; ½ cups FOR THE FILLING:; 1 cup (16 Oz. Size) Mascarpone Cheese; ½ teaspoons Whipping Cream; 1 cup Powdered Sugar; 15 pieces Pumpkin Pie Spice; 1 Tablespoon Canned Pure Pumpkin (not Pumpkin Pie Mix); 1 Tablespoon Orange Food Coloring (optional); ⅓ cups Parchment Paper (cut Into 6" Squares, For Separating Crepes); 2 Tablespoons FOR THE CANDIED PECANS:; ¼ cups Butter

Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

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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.

Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,189 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Mascarpone	2 tbsp (28g)	120
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Pecan	1 half (4g)	20
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Pie	not in our table	0

Chocolate Crepe Cake with Pumpkin Mascarpone Cream Filling