Banana Bread III

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.

1. Vanilla + bananatop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,430 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

2. Sunflower + wheattop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together78 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

3. Tofu + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together40 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

4. Tofu + flourtop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together350 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

5. Honey + bananatop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together395 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Soft tofu

Adds moisture and a creamy, tender crumb without much flavor of its own.

Mashed ripe banana

Adds moisture, sweetness and banana flavor to the loaf.

Whole wheat pastry flour

Provides the structure that holds the loaf together as it bakes.

Baking soda

Reacts with the acidic banana and honey to produce gas that helps the loaf rise.

Baking powder

Adds additional leavening so the loaf rises and becomes light.

Honey

Adds sweetness and moisture, and helps the crust brown as it bakes.

The step that matters

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, honey, sunflower, vanilla, egg, wheat, flour):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Avocadofits better
3. Blueberryfits better
4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, honey, sunflower, vanilla, egg, wheat, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.