Why it works: Milk and butter 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 ↓
Hattie Cake
Ingredients
Directions
Four eggs, two cups of sugar, one large spoonful of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, two tea- spoonfuls of Royal Baking Powder ; flavor. Bake in layers. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.
One quart of flour, three tablespoons of butter, one large cup of sour cream, one egg, one tablespoonful of white sugar, one teaspoonful of soda.
Use Mansfield's Flavoring Extracts
59 ORANGE CAKE NO. 1.
The yolks of four eggs beaten with one and one-half cups of sugar. Add the whites of two eggs beaten stiff, one-half of ice water with one-half teaspoon of soda in it, two cups of flour with a teaspoon of cream tartar, juice and grated rind of one orange. Bake in sbuare pans, and frost between the layers.
Frosting: Two cups of sugar and two-thirds of a cup of water boiled without stiring till it will thread on the point of a skewer ; pour it in a fine stream over the beaten whites of two eggs to which a saltspoon of cream tartar has been added, beating steadily all the time. Add slowly the juice and grated rind of one orange and beat till it will harden on the cake-
ORANGE CAKE NO. 2.
One-half cup of butter and one cup of sugar beaten to a cream, whites of four eggs, one and one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one- half teaspoouful of soda, one tablespoonful of orange juice and a little of grated rind.
Frosting : Ooe cup of sugar, one-third of a cup of hot water boiled until it will string. Have ready the white of one egg beaten stiff, add one saltppooniul of cream tartar ; pour the syrup slowly on the egg, beating all the time, add one teaspoonful of orange juice and a little of the grated rind : beat until it will go on the cake without ruuniug. SPICE CAKE.
One and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cui^ of molas- ses, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups of flour, two eggs, one-half teaspoon of soda, salt, and spice of all kinds.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| 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 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Water | 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.
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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.
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Milk + buttertop 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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Orange + teatop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together333 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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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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Milk + teatop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together738 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
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, milk, flour, butter, cream, egg, tea):
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Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, flour, butter, cream, egg, tea. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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