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Delicate Cake

Why it works: Flour and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,673 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Delicate Cake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, whites of four eggs, two cups of flour, one teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, one cup of milk, one teaspocnful almond.

  2. W^HITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.

  3. Six eggs, six cups of flour, three cups of sugar, two cups of butter, one cup of milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one- teaspoonful of cream tartar.

  4. Use Old Reliable Corn

  5. Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, three scant cups of flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half of soda, flavor with vanilla, M'hite of three eggs put in last, yolks not used. This makes two thin loaves to put filling between.

  6. Filling : Two tablesj)oons of gelatine dissolved in six teaspoons of cold water ; pour this over one cup and a half of powdered sugar, beat half an honr. Flavor with vanilla. Butter tin in which cake is to bake, in this spread the filling and let it stand over night. Put this between the cakes

  7. with white of an egg.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

942Calories
28 gProtein
37 gFat
121 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Waternot in our table0
Cakenot 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.

By Mansfield, W. H., & co., Putnam, Conn., pub. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

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

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