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Strawberry Coconut Shortcake

An easy to make healthy shortcake topped with coconut whipped cream and sweetened strawberries.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Strawberry Coconut Shortcake

Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Strawberry Coconut Shortcake

Serves 10
Prep20 min
Cook16 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1145Calories
30 gProtein
56 gFat
131 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg Substitute1 large egg (50g)78
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  4. Wheat + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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 (sugar, flour, wheat, butter, egg, milk, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Coconutthe original

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