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Dr. Pepper Bundt Cake

A bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, Dr. Pepper, eggs, oil or butter, and optional pecans.

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Why it works: Vanilla and pecans are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,691 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Dr. Pepper Bundt Cake

Oven350°F
Time50 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Bake

  1. Pour batter into a bundt cake pan.

  2. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Glaze

  1. While the cake is warm, glaze with 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and the remaining Dr. Pepper.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

513Calories
9 gProtein
51 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cakenot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Icingnot 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.

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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. Vanilla + pecanstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,691 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

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

  3. Vanilla + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + pecanstop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,280 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Yellow cake mix
Provides the flour and starch that form the cake's main structure.
Eggs
Add structure and richness as they set during baking.
Oil or butter
Adds fat that keeps the crumb tender and moist.
Dr. pepper cola
Adds liquid for moisture, along with sweetness and flavor.
Instant vanilla pudding mix
Its starches and sugar help the cake stay moist and tender.

The step that matters

Glaze while the cake is warm. A warm cake is more porous, so the glaze soaks in and flavors the crumb. On a cooled cake, the glaze mostly sits on the surface and can run off.

Swap the pecans

The recipe marks pecans as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vanilla, pepper, egg, butter):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits about as well
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vanilla, pepper, egg, butter. 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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