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Peach and Blueberry Coffee Cake

Most of the time, when I get a peach coffee cake I find the peach flavor to be lackluster. Weak soggy peaches that have sunk to the bottom of the cake disappoint me. I flipped that around by first cooking the peaches in the beginning of the recipe, to help concentrate the flavor and then a bit of thickener (cornstarch or tapioca flour) to thicken the peaches and keep them from sinking to the bottom. Basically I create a simple peach pie filling ahead of time, to marble into the cake. It may sounds fussy but it’s worth the trouble once you take a bite of this marvelously moist coffee cake.

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Peach and Blueberry Coffee Cake

Why it works: Flour and spelt match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 115 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Peach and Blueberry Coffee Cake

1 coffee cake
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1261Calories
33 gProtein
49 gFat
176 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Speltnot 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 eatthelove. 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. Flour + spelttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Peach + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together558 recipes

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

  3. Spelt + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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