Why it works: Cinnamon and banana work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 701 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Also mentioned in the method: milk, butter, flour, pecan
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Lightly grease and flour rectangular cake pan.
Place cake mix, brown sugar and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.
Add bananas, water, oil and eggs then blend on low speed for 1 minute and scrape sides down then increase speed to medium and mix 2 minutes.
Pour into pan and bake for 35 minutes.
Allow to cool completely then make frosting.
Prepare frosting by placing butter and brown sugars in a heavy saucepan over medium heat then stir and cook until mixture comes to a boil.
Add milk then stir and bring back to boil.
Remove pan from heat and add the powdered sugar and vanilla.
Beat with a whisk until smooth then immediately pour over cooled cake.
Garnish with toasted pecans.
Category:Cathy's 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.
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Cinnamon + bananatop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together701 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together30,777 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Sugar + eggtop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together122,252 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Sugar + bananatop 11% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together3,102 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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Cinnamon + eggtop 17% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together19,035 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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
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