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Hawaiian Pineapple Upside Down Cake

"On my way to a Hawaiian-themed party, all I could think of was Pineapple Upside Down Cake. The recipes did not seem Hawaiian enough. The additions of coconut, banana and macadamia nuts brought the tropics to the recipe. I can't tell you how many people raved at the party. The whole cake is gone."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Hawaiian Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Why it works: Macadamia nut and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 84 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Hawaiian Pineapple Upside Down Cake

1 9x13-inch cake
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories
13 gProtein
61 gFat
95 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Macadamianot in our table0
Waternot 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.

By allrecipes. 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. Macadamia nut + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Coconut + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

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

  5. Pineapple + macadamia nuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the macadamia nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, pineapple, coconut, egg, banana):

  1. Macadamia nutthe original
  2. Almondfits about as well
  3. Pecansfits less well
  4. Walnutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, pineapple, coconut, egg, banana. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.