Yogurt Coffee Cake

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. Lemon + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together7,950 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

3. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together30,779 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

4. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together124,287 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

5. Butter + yogurttop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,333 recipes

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

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Butter

Creams with sugar to trap air, giving the cake a tender, rich crumb.

Eggs

Add structure and richness, helping the batter bind and set as it bakes.

Plain yogurt

Adds moisture and mild acidity, keeping the crumb tender.

Flour

Forms the main structure of the cake as its proteins set during baking.

Baking powder

Releases gas in the batter, helping the cake rise.

Baking soda

Reacts with the yogurt's acidity to add lift and aid browning.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, yogurt, flour, cinnamon):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Raisinfits better
3. Figfits better
4. Lemonthe original

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