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Cream + Mace

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
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71cream only 34mace only Cream · 71 Mace · 34
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do cream and mace 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

Cream and mace share no flavor molecules we know of.

What each one brings

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with cream and mace

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: cream has 71 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 34 that cream 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 71 only in cream and the 34 only in mace.

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Cream and mace questions

Do cream and mace 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 cream and mace taste good together?

Cream and mace share no flavor molecules we know of.

What goes with cream and mace?

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

What can you make with cream and mace?

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 mace instead of cream?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cream has 71 molecules mace doesn't, and mace has 34 that cream 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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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: Cream vs Mace. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cream-vs-mace. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cream_vs_mace_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cream vs Mace},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cream-vs-mace},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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