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Cocoanut Cream

A whipped coconut cream topping for cakes, made with cream, sugar, and grated coconut.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Evora Bucknum Perkins · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 4 ingredients
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Cocoanut Cream

Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Cocoanut Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Make the topping

  1. Whip 1 cup of cream.

  2. Add 1/3 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups fresh grated coconut.

Assemble

  1. Make two layers and place on top of cake, sprinkling coconut over the top.

  2. Add additional flavoring if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

100Calories
0 gProtein
5 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
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.

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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. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cream
Whipped into a light, airy topping that holds the coconut layers.
Sugar
Sweetens the whipped cream and balances the coconut flavor.
Fresh grated coconut
Adds chewy texture and coconut flavor to the topping and garnish.

“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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