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Strawberries 'n' Cream Cake

A layered cake with strawberry filling and cream.

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Why it works: Vanilla and strawberry are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,385 recipes. Both carry p-vinylguaiacol, which smells spicy, fruity. The science ↓

Strawberries 'n' Cream Cake

Oven325°F
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pans

  1. Heat oven to 325°F.

  2. Coat the bottoms of 2 round cake pans with cooking spray and line the pans with wax paper, then coat the paper.

Make the batter

  1. In a bowl, whisk the first four ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt).

  2. In a second bowl, whisk the oil, egg yolks, ½ cup cold water, vanilla, and lemon juice.

  3. Let the mixture sit for 3 minutes.

  4. Stir the oil mixture into the flour mixture until blended. Set aside.

  5. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy, then beat until stiff peaks form.

  6. Fold one third of the whites into the flour mixture, then fold in the remaining whites.

  7. Divide the batter between the pans.

  8. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.

Assemble

  1. Invert the cakes from the pans and remove the wax paper, then return the cakes to right side up.

  2. Slice one of the cake layers in half. Repeat with the second layer.

  3. Slice 6 cups of the berries and toss in a bowl with 2 tbsp jelly.

  4. Place one cake layer on a pedestal.

  5. Top with 1½ cups of the filling.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

825Calories
21 gProtein
26 gFat
125 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)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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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. Vanilla + strawberrytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-vinylguaiacol (spicy, fruity).

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

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

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cream + strawberrytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flour
Provides the structure that holds the light sponge once baked.
Eggs
Whites trap air for lift and yolks add richness and set structure.
Sugar
Sweetens the cake and helps keep it tender and moist.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter so the cake rises and becomes light.
Vegetable oil
Adds moisture so the cake stays tender after baking.
Strawberries
Add fresh fruit flavor and juiciness to the filling.

The step that matters

Folding the whites into the batter. Whipped egg whites hold the air that lifts the cake. Folding gently, in portions, keeps that air from collapsing, so the layers rise tall instead of turning dense.

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Blackberryfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, egg, vanilla, cream, strawberry. 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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