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Fresh Apple Yogurt Coffee Cake

A coffee cake made with apple, yogurt, and spices.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,437 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Fresh Apple Yogurt Coffee Cake

Oven350°F
Time35-40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

Make the batter

  1. Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, mace, and salt into a large bowl.

  2. Add orange rind, yogurt, dissolved cornstarch, apple, and vanilla. Blend by hand until well mixed.

  3. Spoon mixture into a greased 9x13" baking pan.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

  2. Serve warm or cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

947Calories
23 gProtein
24 gFat
163 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macenot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Cinnamon + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Orange + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

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

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cinnamon + macetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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

What each ingredient does

All purpose flour
Provides the structure that holds the cake together as it sets.
Yogurt (in the method)
Adds moisture and tenderness, and its acidity helps the batter rise.
Baking soda
Reacts with the yogurt's acidity to produce gas that lifts the cake.
Sugar
Sweetens the cake and helps it brown and keep moisture.
Apple
Adds moisture and fruity sweetness throughout the crumb.

The step that matters

Bake until a knife comes out clean. Ovens vary, and the cake keeps setting as it cools. Pulling it too early can leave a wet, sunken center, while overbaking dries it out.

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, cinnamon, orange, milk, apple):

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Clovefits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, cinnamon, orange, milk, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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