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Andre Black's Carrot Cake

A moist carrot cake with coconut, pineapple, walnuts, and raisins, finished with cream cheese frosting.

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Why it works: Coconut and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 651 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Andre Black's Carrot Cake

Oven350°F
Time40 to 45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Combine eggs, sugar and oil. Beat on high speed until creamy and thick, 3 to 5 minutes.

  2. Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder.

  3. Slowly add 1/3 of dry ingredients to egg mixture, beat well.

  4. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients, beat well after each addition.

  5. Batter will be extremely stiff; it may be necessary to blend with a spatula or spoon.

  6. Fold in coconut, carrots, pineapple, walnuts and raisins one by one.

Bake

  1. Divide batter between three prepared cake pans.

  2. Bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes, rearranging cake pans in oven once.

  3. The cake is done when a tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool and finish

  1. Let cake cool in pans 5 minutes.

  2. Turn out onto rack to cool completely.

  3. Frost with cream cheese frosting. Enjoy.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1185Calories
25 gProtein
50 gFat
165 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0

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. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

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

  2. Coconut + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Cinnamon + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cinnamon + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together981 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cinnamon + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the batter and give the cake its airy, set structure as they cook.
Flour
Provides the structure that holds the cake together as it bakes.
Salad oil
Keeps the crumb moist and tender after baking.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the cake brown and stay moist.
Baking soda
Reacts to lift the batter so the cake rises in the oven.
Carrots
Add moisture and natural sweetness to the crumb.

The step that matters

Adding the dry ingredients in batches. Adding the flour mixture gradually and beating only until combined keeps the batter smooth. Overbeating develops too much gluten, which makes the cake tough and dense.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, coconut, pineapple, walnut):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, coconut, pineapple, walnut. 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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