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O Range Fbosting

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

O Range Fbosting

Ingredients

Directions

  1. White of one egg, juice of one and a half oranges and grated rind of one. One and a half cups powdered sugar. A little more sugar may be needed if oranges are large.

  2. OBANQE CBEAQl FILLING.

  3. One half scant cup of boiling water, one half cup sugar, little salt, one tablespoonful of corn- starch dissolved in a little milk. Juice and a little

  4. Digitized by

  5. 96 HARVEST FESTIVAL

  6. grated rind of two oranges. Yolk of one egg* Boil all together until it thickens. Spread between layers. Put boiled frosting on top.

  7. LEMON FILIilNG

  8. One cup sugar, one egg, the rind and juice of one lemon ; boil all together until it thickens, and place it between layers of cake.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

350Calories
16 gProtein
14 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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 Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River. 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. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Corn + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  3. Corn + orangetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together586 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Corn + lemontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,927 recipes

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

  5. Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,053 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, corn, milk, egg, lemon):

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

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

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