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Quick Filled Coffee Cake

A quick coffee cake with a fruit or Lekvar filling and streusel topping.

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Why it works: Butter and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Quick Filled Coffee Cake

Oven350°F
Timeabout 45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Cream butter and sugar.

  2. Add eggs and beat well.

  3. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda.

  4. Butter your hands and dip your fingers in flour.

Fill and bake

  1. Spread one half of the dough into each of two greased 9-inch pans.

  2. Push the dough up around the edges to form a crust.

  3. Add Lekvar filling thinned with a little water to cover the dough.

  4. Or add one can of canned cherry, blueberry, or apple pie filling over the dough.

  5. Sprinkle the streusel mix on top.

  6. Bake in a 350°F oven for about 45 minutes.

  7. Watch so it does not burn.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

684Calories
19 gProtein
18 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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.

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 create a tender, aerated batter that holds its structure.
Eggs
Bind the batter and add structure as they are beaten in.
Flour
Provides the main structure of the dough once baked.
Baking soda
Reacts with the batter to produce gas that helps the cake rise.
Baking powder
Adds lift as it releases gas during baking, helping the cake rise.

The step that matters

Push the dough up around the edges to form a crust. The dough must be pressed up evenly to hold the filling in. A thin spot can let the filling leak or burn during baking.

“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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