Name: Baby Jane
Ingredients: 1/2 oz vodka; 1/2 oz DeKuyper® Buttershots liqueur; 1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream; 1/2 oz gin; 2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Why it works: Vodka and gin share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 66 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Baby Jane

Ingredients

Directions

Blend with ice and serve with a cherry on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

114Calories

1 gProtein

11 gFat

1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Ice Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Vodka	not in our table	0
Gin	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Vodka + gintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together66 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vodka + creamtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together202 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + vanillatop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together12,301 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Cream + gintop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vodka + vanillatop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together154 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Cream and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 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

What each ingredient does

Vanilla ice cream: Adds creaminess and body, giving the blended drink a thick, smooth texture.
Bailey's irish cream: Adds sweetness and creamy richness, softening the spirits' bite.
Dekuyper buttershots liqueur: Adds butterscotch sweetness and aroma to the drink.
Vodka: Adds alcohol strength with little flavour, keeping the drink lively.
Gin: Adds botanical bite and alcohol strength, balancing the sweet, creamy flavours.