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Strawberry Cake Cookies

"Easy strawberry cookies made with strawberry cake mix and fresh strawberries. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Strawberry Cake Cookies

Why it works: Strawberry and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,525 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Strawberry Cake Cookies

2 1/2 dozen
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

178Calories
8 gProtein
11 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Cakenot 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. Strawberry + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Strawberry + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,509 recipes

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

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 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 strawberry

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits about as well
  3. Strawberrythe original
  4. Coconutfits less well

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