Drop Cakes

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. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together8,673 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

2. Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together3,125 recipes

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

3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

4. Milk + honeytop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,336 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

5. Almond + buttertop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together9,245 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs

Beaten to a stiff froth, they lighten the batter and help the cookies rise.

Flour

Provides the structure that holds the cookies together as they bake.

Butter

Adds fat and richness, giving the cookies tenderness and flavor.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps the cookies brown as they bake.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, almond, sugar, butter, milk, honey, orange):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Figfits better
3. Peachfits better
4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, almond, sugar, butter, milk, honey, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.