Why it works: Flour and soy milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Blackberry Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting
Serves 10Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Soy Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Blackberry | 1 cup (144g) | 62 |
| Maple Syrup | 1 tbsp (20ml) | 52 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Poppy Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Coffee | 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.
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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.
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Flour + soy milktop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together203 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Poppy seed + yogurttop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together72 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Poppy seed + lemontop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together166 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Lemon + soy milktop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together36 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the poppy seed
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, lemon, maple syrup, egg, soy milk, yogurt):
- Cinnamonfits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Turmericfits better
- Poppy seedthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, lemon, maple syrup, egg, soy milk, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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