White Chocolate Cream Cake

Name: White Chocolate Cream Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 2 - (8 or 9 inch) pans
Ingredients: 3 (1 ounce) squares white chocolate, chopped; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups white sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 2/3 cups heavy cream; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 3 (1 ounce) squares white chocolate, chopped; 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 4 tablespoons water; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

"The cake layers are made with white chocolate and whipped cream and flavored with almond extract. The frosting is a white chocolate buttercream. For an exquisite change of pace, substitute raspberry wine cooler for the water in the frosting."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Flour and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,673 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

White Chocolate Cream Cake

2 - (8 or 9 inch) pans

Prep30 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

897Calories

22 gProtein

33 gFat

126 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	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.

Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,673 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Chocolate + almondtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,733 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Almond + buttertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

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