Name: Pork Cake
Ingredients: 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cujiful hot water 1 cupful raisins chop the poi'k fine; 1 cupful raisins chop the poi'k fine; 1 cupful molasses 1 tea spoonful soda 4 tablespooiifuls sugar 2 teaspoontuls c; 1 tea spoonful soda 4 tablespooiifuls sugar 2 teaspoontuls cloves 1 cupful p; 4 tablespooiifuls sugar 2 teaspoontuls cloves 1 cupful pork 1 teaspoonful cinn; 2 teaspoontuls cloves 1 cupful pork 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cujiful hot wat; 1 cupful pork 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cujiful hot water 1 cupful raisins ch; 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cujiful hot water 1 cupful raisins chop the poi'k f; 1 cujiful hot water 1 cupful raisins chop the poi'k fine; 2 even cupfuls sugar scant v2 cupful butter 1 cupful sweet milk 3 even cupfuls f; 1 cupful sweet milk 3 even cupfuls flour 1 even teaspoonful soda 2 even teaspo; 3 even cupfuls flour 1 even teaspoonful soda 2 even teaspoonfuls cream tarta; 1 even teaspoonful soda 2 even teaspoonfuls cream tartar whites of 4 eggs beat; 2 even teaspoonfuls cream tartar whites of 4 eggs beaten stiff added last; 4 eggs beaten stiff added last

Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,189 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,390 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Cinnamon + teatop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together245 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Raisin + clovetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,070 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together30,779 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 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

What each ingredient does

Molasses: Adds sweetness, moisture and a dark color, and its acidity reacts with the soda.
Baking soda: Reacts with the acidic molasses to release gas that lifts the cake.
Raisins: Add sweetness, moisture and chewy pieces throughout the cake.
Pork: Adds richness and body, giving the cake a dense, moist crumb.
Cinnamon: Adds warm aroma and spice flavor.

The step that matters

Combine the molasses with the soda. Molasses is acidic, so baking soda reacts with it to release carbon dioxide that lifts the batter. Mixing them promptly and baking soon after keeps that gas working in the cake.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cinnamon, molasses, tea, sugar, clove, pork, butter):

Vanillafits better
Applefits about as well
Figfits about as well
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cinnamon, molasses, tea, sugar, clove, pork, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Water	not in our table	0
Tea	not in our table	0

Pork Cake

Pork Cake

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the batter

Bake

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)