Name: So Easy Bundt Cake
Ingredients: 1 pkg. yellow cake mix; 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding; ¾ cup butter-flavored oil; ¾ cup orange juice; 4 eggs; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tbsp butter flavoring; ½ cup nuts (coarsely chopped); ¼ cup sugar

Why it works: Vanilla and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

So Easy Bundt Cake

Ingredients

Directions

Bake 50 minutes at 350°F degrees.
Combine cake mix, pudding, oil, juice, eggs and flavoring.
Mix 8 minutes at medium speed.
Mix together nuts, sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle ½ of this into well-greased 12-cup bundt pan.
Top with half of cake batter, then remaining nut mixture and the remaining batter.
Bake until skewer inserted comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out on rack.
Spread frosting on while still warm.
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

454Calories

8 gProtein

33 gFat

31 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Cake	not in our table	0
Pudding	not in our table	0

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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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.

Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,437 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Vanilla + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,371 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Vanilla + nutstop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together638 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar 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

Swap the nuts

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

Almondfits better
Chestnutfits better
Hazelnutfits better
Nutsthe original

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