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Spice Cake

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hatfield (Mass.). Congregational Church · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Spice Cake

Why it works: Sugar and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,404 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Spice Cake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1 cup sugar, i egg, % cup of butter, 2^ cups flour, I cup buttermilk, i cup raisius, % cup molasses, I teaspoon soda i teaspoon cinnamon, i teaspoon cloves.

  2. MRS. ERNEST GODIN. CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE.

  3. 2 cups sugar, ^ cup butter, i cup milk, 3 cups flour, 2 ej^^gs, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 squares chocolate Dissolve chocolate in a little hot water. Add ½ cup sugar, i teaspoon vanilla. To this add three tablespoons of the mixture. 2 loaves.

  4. MRS. G. MORTON. LAYER CAKE.

  5. 3 eggs well beaten, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 large teaspoons baking powder. ^ cup cold water.

  6. MRS. C. E. HUBBARD.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

737Calories
21 gProtein
15 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Waternot 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.

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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.

  1. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + chocolatetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 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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