Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
Ice Cream Cake
Ingredients
Directions
One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, whites of eight eggs, one cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls of flour, one cupful of corn starch, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Icing. — Whites of four eggs, four cupfuls of sugar, boil sugar in a little water until it begins to candy, pour this into the beaten whites and beat to a cream, add one teaspoonful of citric-acid to the frosting.
Mrs. M. S. Bailey.
Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, add three-quarters pound of sugar, flavor with lemon, butter your paper, drop the mixture — a small teaspoonful in a place — bake in a very moderate oven until the tops are hardened, slip them off carefully with a knife.
LEMON CAKE— No. 1.
One-half cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of corn starch, one cupful of sweet milk, six eggs, whites only, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Filling. — Grated rind and juice of two lemons, two
72 THE GOOD CHEER COOK BOOK.
eggs, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, stir steadily- over the fire until it thickens. When cold, spread between the layers. Mrs. Culver,
Bay City, Mich. LEMON CAKE- -No. 2.
Two cupfuls of sugar, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of sweet milk, six tablespoonfuls of melted butter, six eggs, one teaspoon ful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Lemon Jelly. — The juice and grated rind of three lemons, two and one-half cupfuls of sugar, nearly half cupful of butter, six eggs ; beat well together and scald until thick, and spread between layers. This makes a very large cake. Mrs. John Rumsey.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 7 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 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
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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Butter + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Milk + corntop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,955 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
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Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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
Swap the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, milk, flour, corn, cream, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Raisinfits better
- Coconutfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, milk, flour, corn, cream, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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