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Rainbow Clown Cake

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Rainbow Clown Cake

Why it works: Canola oil and orange work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 148 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Rainbow Clown Cake

1 8-inch cake
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

259Calories
8 gProtein
19 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cakenot in our table0
Waternot 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. Canola oil + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Egg + canola oiltop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together961 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Egg + orangetop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Egg and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,696 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 orange

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

  1. Pumpkinfits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Orangethe original

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