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Cake with Potato Flour and Bitter Almonds

A cake made with potato flour, bitter almonds, butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

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Why it works: Almond and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,961 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Cake with Potato Flour and Bitter Almonds

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Cream the butter and sugar.

  2. Add the yolks one by one, vanilla, and almonds, mixing well.

  3. Gradually add the flour, like a rain, without stopping the mixing.

  4. Add the whipped egg whites at the end.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a previously greased and dusted bread pan at medium heat.

  2. Test with a wooden pick.

  3. When cold, cut into thin slices.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

864Calories
24 gProtein
19 gFat
146 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  4. Potato + almondtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together337 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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
Creamed with sugar to trap air and give the cake a tender, rich crumb.
Eggs
Yolks enrich the batter, while whipped whites add lightness and structure as the cake bakes.
Potato flour
Provides the cake's main structure while staying light and tender in texture.
Confectioner's sugar
Sweetens the batter and helps the creamed butter hold air during mixing.
Bitter almonds
Add nutty, aromatic flavour and a moist, fine texture to the crumb.

The step that matters

Adding the whipped egg whites at the end. Folding in the whites gently preserves the air they hold; overmixing deflates them, which leads to a denser, flatter cake.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Arrowrootfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, flour, almond, vanilla. 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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