Name: Banana Split II
Ingredients: 1 banana; Ice cream (of your choice); Ice cream topping (of your choice); Hundreds-and-thousands or sprinkles; Whipped cream; Maraschino cherries

Why it works: Banana and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,180 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Banana Split II

Ingredients

Directions

Peel the banana, cut it in half lengthwise, and place it in the serving bowl.
Place three full scoops of ice-cream in between the two pieces of banana.
Cover the whole thing with a generous serving of whipped cream.
Cover that with a generous serve of ice-cream topping of your choice.
Sprinkle some hundreds-and-thousands sprinkles over the top of all of that.
Place a maraschino cherry on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

294Calories

4 gProtein

12 gFat

50 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Ice Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Topping	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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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.

Banana + creamtop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,180 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Banana: Provides the fruity base and the classic split shape that holds the other layers.
Ice cream: Supplies the cold, creamy body that melts slightly against the toppings.
Whipped cream: Adds a light, airy richness that softens the sweetness of the toppings.
Ice cream topping: Adds sweetness and flavour, and forms a glossy layer over the scoops.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.