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Mango and Amaranth Smoothie Cake

I was craving for a smoothie and a cake so I decided to bake my smoothie. To my surprise the cake turned out to be an interesting and healthy dessert. This dessert tastes amazing with the mango fruit at the top layer. It is a no chocolate cake but yet looks like a chocolate cake. Amaranth is a traditional grain of Mexico. It is a gluten-free food and a source of complete protein.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Mango and chia work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook2 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C). Grease a 9-inch round cake pan with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.

  2. In a blender, blend the chopped mango, flax milk, vanilla extract and brown sugar until completely smooth.

  3. Stir the chia seeds into the blended mixture and let it stand for 10 minutes so it thickens slightly.

  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the baking powder, baking soda and salt.

  5. Add the cooled cooked amaranth and chopped walnuts to the dry ingredients and stir until evenly coated.

  6. Pour in the mango mixture and the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Stir just until no dry streaks remain.

  7. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spoon.

  8. Bake for 90 minutes until firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover loosely with a piece of foil if the top browns too quickly.

  9. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and turn it out to finish cooling before slicing.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mango + chiatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chia + amaranthtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Mango + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together160 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, milk, vanilla, chia, sugar, olive, amaranth):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Cashew nutbetter flavor fit
  3. Flaxseedbetter flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, milk, vanilla, chia, sugar, olive, amaranth. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).