Name: Wave Your Flag Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 18 servings
Ingredients: 1 quart strawberries, divided; 1 1/2 cups boiling water; 1 pkg. (8 serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin, any red flavor; Ice cubes; 1 cup cold water; 1 (12 ounce) package pound cake, cut into 10 slices; 1 1/3 cups blueberries, divided; 1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Why it works: Strawberry and blueberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 427 recipes. Both carry 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone, which smells spice. The science ↓

Wave Your Flag Cake

18 servings

Prep20 min

Ingredients

1 quart strawberries, divided
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 pkg. (8 serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin, any red flavor
Ice cubes
1 cup cold water
1 (12 ounce) package pound cake, cut into 10 slices
1 1/3 cups blueberries, divided
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

156Calories

8 gProtein

1 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Gelatin	1 envelope (7g)	23
Water	not in our table	0
Cake	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

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.

Strawberry + blueberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together427 recipes

Shared aroma: 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (spice).
Strawberry + gelatintop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together164 recipes

Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).
Gelatin + blueberrytop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together29 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the blueberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, gelatin):

Vanillafits better
Pineapplefits better
Bananafits better
Blueberrythe original

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

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