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Burnt Leather Cake

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Burnt Leather Cake

Why it works: Vanilla and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 35,032 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Burnt Leather Cake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mrs. John Spoerl.

  2. il/> cups sugar. 3 eggs.

  3. l/2 cup butter. 1 cup water.

  4. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 2Y2 cups flour.

  5. Beat whites of eggs to a froth. Bake in two layers. Caramel to Put in Cake.

  6. Two-thirds cup of sugar. Put on stove and cook until dark- brown, then add ]/2 cup of water and cook like molasses.

  7. Be careful when pouring water into brown sugar, as it is apt to fly up and burn fingers.

  8. Boil \]/i cups sugar and 7/3 cup water until it threads. Pour over the beaten whites of 2 eggs, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1 tablespoon of caramel. Beat to a cream. Ice while cake is hot.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together122,807 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,032 recipes mention both: they likely 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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