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Peach, Pistachio & White Chocolate Pound Cake

A dense and indulgent tea shop-style sponge cake with white chocolate and cream cheese frosting

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and peach work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 88 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Cuts into 12-14 slices

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open 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.

  1. Chocolate + peachtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Vanilla + peachtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together558 recipes

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

  3. Vanilla + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Yogurt + peachtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 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