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Raised Loaf Cake

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Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Raised Loaf Cake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 2 cups sugar, i cup shortening, (half butter and half lard,) 3 cups of milk, i cup of yeast or 1 com- pressed yeast cake. Stir in flour sufficient for a stiff batter, and let rise over night. In the morning add 2 cups sugar, i cup of shortening, 2 eggs, i small teaspoon soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, 3 cups raisins, i cup currants, i cup citron. Makes 4 loaves.

  2. MRS. T. GRAVES. LEMON CAKE.

  3. 4 eggs, I cup sugar, 3 tablespoons sweet milk, 3 tablespoons melted butter, 3 teaspoons baking powder, I cup flour. Sauce: — i lemon, (juice and grated rind,) i cup cold water, i cup sugar, i ^gg^ i table- spoon corn starch. Beat lemon rind and egg together, add sugar and lemon juice, dissolve cornstarch in cold water. Cook in a double boiler until it jellies,

  4. MRS. JOSEPH STODDARD.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories
29 gProtein
27 gFat
143 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 Hatfield (Mass.). Congregational Church. 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.

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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Nutmeg + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,318 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Raisin + nutmegtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).

  5. Cinnamon + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, raisin, butter, egg, nutmeg, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, raisin, butter, egg, nutmeg, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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