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Chocolate Mayo Cake

"My mom made this cake while living in the Depression. It is so good, I hope this fills your needs and your memories."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chocolate Mayo Cake

Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 35,032 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Chocolate Mayo Cake

2 -9 inch round layers

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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. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,032 recipes

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

  2. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + cocoa powdertop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,244 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  5. Sugar + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,032 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