Name: Pound Cake Gingerbread
Ingredients: one teaspoonful soda; a cup of milk; three eggs; ginger

Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Pound Cake Gingerbread

Ingredients

one teaspoonful soda
a cup of milk
three eggs
ginger

Directions

Three 3ups flour, two of brown sugar, one of butter, three eggs, one teaspoonful soda, dissolved in a cup of milk. Ginger and other spices to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

278Calories

14 gProtein

13 gFat

26 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson.". 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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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.

Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Milk + gingertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,519 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Egg + gingertop 33% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together7,337 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).