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Strawberry Cake I

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Strawberry Cake I

Why it works: Flour and buttermilk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,721 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Cake I

1 - 9x13 inch cake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

850Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
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.

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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. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Strawberry + flourtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,190 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Strawberry + buttermilktop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Egg + buttermilktop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,986 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 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, flour, buttermilk):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Strawberrythe original

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