Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
Eggless White Cake
Ingredients
Directions
One cup of sugar, three tablespoons butter, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, two teaspoons baking powder.
Pauline Jewett. ENGLISH WALNUT CAKE.
One cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, whites of eight eggs, three-quarters cup milk, three teaspoons of bak- ing powder, half spoon of lemon and vanilla flavoring mixed, one and a half pounds walnuts chopped fine (not too fine) and added last with a little of the flour sprinkled over them.
Mrs. John K. Wilson.
Excellent cake.
Four cups flour, three cups sugar, two cups butter, one cup milk, four eggs, one teaspoon baking powder. Season to taste.
Pauline Jewett. FEDERAL CAKE.
One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound two ounces of flour, five eggs, one cup of sour cream, one tea- spoonful of soda, one wineglass of wine, one wineglass of brandy, one nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, a half spoonful of cloves, and a pinch of allspice, one pound of rai- sins well boiled, seeded and chopped a very litttle. Light brown sugar better than white. Bake rather slowly, as it browns easily. Three loaves.
Mrs. E. P. Eells. FRENCH LOAF.
Two and a half cups sugar, half cup butter, one cup milk, three cups flour, three eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, grated peel of one lemon.
Pauline Jewett. ENGLISH FRUIT CAKE.
One pound flour, one pound sugar, three-quarters pound butter, two pounds raisins, two pounds currants, one pound citron, quarter pound blanched almonds, half ounce of mace, two teaspoonfuls of nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon and cloves, one teaspoonful of rose water, one glass of wine, one glass of
168 LANDMARKS CLUB COOK BOOK.
brandy, ten eggs. Stir sugar and butter to a cream, add eggs well beaten ; stir the flour in gradually, leaving a little to mix with the fruit ; add wine, brandy and spice, and lastly the fruit. Bake slowly five or six hours.
Mrs. C M. Sanders. TEN POUND BLACK FRUIT CAKE.
Three-quarters pound butter, one pound sugar, one pound flour (browned), ten eggs, four pounds raisins (after ston- ing), two pounds currants, one pound citron, quarter pound almonds (blanched, shredded), one teaspoon soda, two wine- glasses brandy, two wineglasses sherry wine, wineglass milk, wineglass molasses, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves or spices according to taste, one nutmeg grated. Bake four or five hours in paper lined tin.
Mrs. Lynn Helm. HAZEL NUT CAKE.
One large cup of sugar, two dozen lady fingers, one dozen eggs, one pinch of salt, one pound of nuts. Beat yolks, salt and sugar to a foam. Add the nuts, which must be ground to a flour with the skins ; the lady fingers dried and rolled very fine. Beat the whites of the eggs later very stiff. Bake and do not take out of the pan until cold.
Mrs. Frank W. King. KENTUCKY SILVER CAKE.
Whites of eight eggs, two cups of powdered sugar, two and a half of flour, half of butter, half of sweet milk, one and a half teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, half of soda. Mix cream tartar and soda in the milk thoroughly and add it, after everything else has been mixed together. Almond flavoring and an extra pinch of salt. Most excellent.
Mrs E. P. Eells. KITTIE'S CAKE.
One cup flour (full), one cup sugar, one teaspoonful bak- ing powder, small piece butter (nearly half cup), one Qgg (two eggs if richer cake is desired), half cup water. Flavor to suit the taste. Fruit if desired. Sift flour, sugar and bak- ing powder together in a bowl, add the other ingredients and mix all together thoroughly. Bake from thirty to thirty-five minutes.
KlTTIE COLBURN.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 17 of 23 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 17 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
| Rose | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
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.
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Butter + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Wine + brandytop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,427 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, milk, flour, cream, wine, brandy):
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Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, milk, flour, cream, wine, brandy. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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