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Strawberry Marble Cake

"This cake is fantastic to have all year long - but I use it primarily in the summer because it's kept refrigerated so it's nice and cool."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Strawberry Marble Cake

Why it works: Strawberry and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,385 recipes. Both carry p-vinylguaiacol, which smells spicy, fruity. The science ↓

Strawberry Marble Cake

1 - 7x11 inch cake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories
9 gProtein
8 gFat
24 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cakenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Puddingnot 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 + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-vinylguaiacol (spicy, fruity).

  2. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Strawberry + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,130 recipes

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

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 (vanilla, milk):

  1. Figfits about as well
  2. Peachfits about as well
  3. Strawberrythe original
  4. Coconutfits about as well

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