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Sweet Potato Mold

A baked sweet potato custard made with butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla or lemon, and thin cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Evora Bucknum Perkins · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Mold

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mash

  1. Boil and mash the potatoes.

  2. Add the butter while the mash is warm and beat well.

Make the batter

  1. Beat the eggs with the sugar and add the mixture to the mash.

  2. Add the flavoring (vanilla or lemon) and the thin cream.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake the mixture in a pudding mold in a moderate oven.

  2. Serve with sauce or cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

229Calories
6 gProtein
17 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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.

  1. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes (in the method)
Provides the soft, moist bulk that forms the body of the pudding.
Eggs
Set during baking to give the pudding its structure and firm, sliceable texture.
Butter
Adds richness and a smooth, tender texture to the mash.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the top brown during baking.
Thin cream (in the method)
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the custard-like texture soft.

The step that matters

Add the butter while the mash is warm. Warm mash melts the butter and blends it evenly through the potatoes. Cold mash can leave greasy lumps and an uneven texture.

“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.

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