Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg 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 ↓
The Dewey Cook Book
Ingredients
Directions
Spice Cake*
Two-thirds of a cup of butter or a little more, a cup and a half of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, or one-half teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one teaspoonful cinnamon, half tea- spoonful of cloves, half teaspoonful of nutmeg, one cup of slightly chopped raisins.
MRS. HENRY COLTON.
Feather Cake.
% cups flour, cup sugar.
% cup milk. 3^ teaspoonful soda.
Butter the size of a large egg. % teaspoonful cream of tartar. Salt to taste.
Flavor with lemon or orange.
BOSTON WOMAN'S EXCHANGE, (L. H. J.)
Pound Cake*
I lb. fine granulated sugar.
% pound butter.
% teaspoonful cream of tartar.
i pound sifted flour. 8 eggs.
3^ teaspoonful soda.
Sift the cream of tartar and soda into the flour. Rub the butter and sugar together until very light, add the yolks of the eggs, spices and a part of the flour. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and add the re- mainder of the flour, beat thoroughly. Bake in two loaves.
ij^ cups sugar, i cup molasses, i cup raisins, i cup strong coffee, i teaspoonful soda.
Coffee Cake*
MRS. T. C. PHINNEY.
i cup butter. 5 cups flour, i cup currants.
One teaspoonful each of all kinds of spice. Bake in two loaves.
MRS. C. A. SPARROW.
Caramel Cake*
i cup sugar. % cup milk, i teaspoonful soda.
2 eggs. % cup butter. 2 cups flour.
% teaspoonful cream of tartar.
Frosting : — Two cups of sugar, two-thirds cup of milk, butter the size of an egg, flavor with vanilla. Boil the frosting.
ST. JOHNSBURY, (MRS. T. J. DEAVITT).
Pork Cake.
i pint molasses, i pound brown sugar, i pound currants. }4> teaspoonful soda.
i lb. salt pork, chopped fine. % pint boiling water, poured
on pork. I pound raisins. % pound citron.
All kinds of spices, add flour to make quite stiff. Bake slowly.
MRS. D. S. WHEATLET.
Tea Cake*
1 cup sugar. \% cups milk.
2 tablespoonfuls melted butter. % teaspoonful soda.
i % cups (pastry) flour.
i teaspoonful cream of tartar.
A little nutmeg.
MRS. M. D. RHINEHART.
Soft Honey Cake*
i cup strained honey. | % cup sugar.
3^ cup butter. 2 eggs.
i teaspoonful soda. | 2)2 cups flour.
Bake in cup tins or patty pans.
MRS. M. DU B. RHINEHART.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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.
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Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together11,917 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together9,075 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,390 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Nutmeg + raisintop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,377 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the raisin
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, butter, egg):
- Vanillafits about as well
- Raisinthe original
- Figfits less well
- Blueberryfits less well
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, butter, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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