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Chocolate Cake with Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Frosting and Peanut Butter Brittle

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 24 ingredients
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Chocolate Cake with Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Frosting and Peanut Butter Brittle

Why it works: Corn and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 346 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Chocolate Cake with Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Frosting and Peanut Butter Brittle

Makes 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1464Calories
42 gProtein
74 gFat
160 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Syrupnot 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.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Corn + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together346 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  4. Vanilla + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,943 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder, apple cider vinegar, vanilla, corn, syrup):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, cocoa powder, apple cider vinegar, vanilla, corn, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.