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Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote

Why it works: Vanilla and plum match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

801Calories
21 gProtein
24 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Poppy Seednot in our table0
Beannot 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 epicurious. 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. Vanilla + plumtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  3. Poppy seed + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Poppy seed + lemontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Vanilla and sugar 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 plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, poppy seed, vanilla, butter, sugar, egg, lemon):

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

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