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Toasted Coconut Cream Cake

"A rich, moist, and delicious cake that tastes even better the next day!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Toasted Coconut Cream Cake

Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Toasted Coconut Cream Cake

12 servings
Prep40 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

889Calories
36 gProtein
64 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Puddingnot in our table0
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. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

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

  2. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Yogurt + cream cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together873 recipes

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

  5. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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 coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, milk, vanilla, yogurt, egg, cream cheese, sugar):

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Raspberryfits about as well
  3. Bananafits about as well
  4. Coconutthe original

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