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Black Forest Dump Cake II

"This recipe is so easy even kids can do it! Cherry pie filling, canned cherries and chocolate cake mix are all dumped into a pan and baked!"

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Black Forest Dump Cake II

Why it works: Cherry and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 347 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Black Forest Dump Cake II

1 - 9x13 inch pan
Prep5 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

370Calories
4 gProtein
23 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Cakenot in our table0

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

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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. Cherry + walnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together347 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Chocolate + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Cherry + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Walnut + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, walnut, butter):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, walnut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.