Name: Mocha Filling
Ingredients: 1 cup powdered sugar; 3 teaspoons powdered cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons cold

Why it works: Cocoa and vanilla work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 357 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Mocha Filling

Ingredients

1 cup powdered sugar
3 teaspoons powdered cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons cold

Directions

Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, 3 teaspoons powdered cocoa, 1 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Add 2 tablespoons cold, strong coffee.
Beat all together until creamy and fine.
You can decorate with nuts or cherries.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

216Calories

1 gProtein

9 gFat

30 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12

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

By Kaufman, Nettie M. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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.

Cocoa + vanillatop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together357 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + cocoatop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together956 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Powdered sugar: Sweetens the filling and dissolves into the butter for a smooth, fine texture.
Powdered cocoa: Adds chocolate flavor and a deep brown color.
Butter (in the method): Provides fat for a creamy, spreadable body.
Vanilla: Adds aroma that rounds out the chocolate flavor.
Coffee (in the method): Adds liquid and deepens the chocolate flavor.