Name: Lemon Pudding Poke Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix; 2 egg whites; 1 1/3 cups water; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 quart cold milk; 2 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

Why it works: Milk and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,053 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Lemon Pudding Poke Cake

24 servings

Prep30 min

Ingredients

1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
2 egg whites
1 1/3 cups water
2 tablespoons oil
1 quart cold milk
2 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

358Calories

15 gProtein

27 gFat

16 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 8 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Cake	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Pudding	not in our table	0
Pie Filling	not in our table	0

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.

Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,053 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + lemontop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together44,316 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

Egg and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, milk):

Vanillafits better
Figfits about as well
Lemonthe original
Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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