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Mace + Cream

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 4,009 recipes, and they share 0 flavor molecules: the top 18% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together4,009 recipes
Ranktop 18% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mace Cream
34mace only 71cream only Mace · 34 Cream · 71
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mace and cream go together?

Yes. 4,009 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 0 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 18% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Mace and cream share no flavor molecules we know of.

What each one brings

mace

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for cream. It carries 34 molecules cream doesn't have.

cream

The tartness. Sour notes make up 26% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mace. It carries 71 molecules mace doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with mace, top 13% with cream.
  • Butter: top 22% of pairs with mace, top 8% with cream.
  • Clove: top 6% of pairs with mace, top 33% with cream.
  • Allspice: top 7% of pairs with mace, top 32% with cream.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with mace and cream

Mostly mains: 110 of the 159 recipes with a course label are mains.

Celery Cream SoupCream CakeCream Sauce for FishCream Sauce for Fish or White DishesCream of Summer SquashSoles with Cream Sauce

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Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 34 molecules cream doesn't, and cream has 71 that mace doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 0 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 34 only in mace and the 71 only in cream.

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Mace and cream questions

Do mace and cream go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 4,009 recipes, and they share 0 flavor molecules: the top 18% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do mace and cream taste good together?

Mace and cream share no flavor molecules we know of.

What goes with mace and cream?

Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with mace and top 13% with cream. Butter and clove also fit both.

What can you make with mace and cream?

Mostly mains: 110 of the 159 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Celery Cream Soup, Cream Cake, Cream Sauce for Fish, Cream Sauce for Fish or White Dishes.

Can I use cream instead of mace?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mace has 34 molecules cream doesn't, and cream has 71 that mace doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Cream. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-cream. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mace_vs_cream_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mace vs Cream},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mace-vs-cream},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.