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Marmalade Cake

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Marmalade Cake

Why it works: Orange and star anise work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 138 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Marmalade Cake

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1031Calories
30 gProtein
27 gFat
167 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Beannot 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 epicurious. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Orange + star anisetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Star anise + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Star anise + flourtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together144 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, sugar, star anise, vanilla, butter, flour, egg):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, sugar, star anise, vanilla, butter, flour, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.