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Jam Cake

"This is a traditional Kentucky Christmas Cake. I like it better than fruit cake and the pecans may be soaked in bourbon several days before the cake is made."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Jam Cake

Why it works: Pecans and coconut work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 394 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Jam Cake

20 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1436Calories
35 gProtein
74 gFat
164 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Pecans + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + buttermilktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Blackberry + coconuttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-undecalactone (coconut, creamy).

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

Swap the blackberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, flour, buttermilk, pecans, coconut):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Blackberrythe original

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