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Steamed Green Tea Cake with Black Sesame Seeds

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Steamed Green Tea Cake with Black Sesame Seeds

Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Steamed Green Tea Cake with Black Sesame Seeds

1 - 9 inch cake
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

594Calories
19 gProtein
6 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Green Teanot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Black Sesame Seednot 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.

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

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

  2. Green tea + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Flour + sesametop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Vanilla + sesametop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, green tea, egg, sugar, vanilla):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Hazelnutfits about as well
  4. Sesamethe original

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