Name: Rice Cake
Ingredients: 1 wineglass brandy; one half lb; 8 eggs; 1 nutmeg

Why it works: Brandy and nutmeg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,311 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Rice Cake

Ingredients

1 wineglass brandy
one half lb
8 eggs
1 nutmeg

Directions

MISS M. P. CONNELLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
_Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa._
One half lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 8 eggs, 1 wineglass brandy, 1 nutmeg, ¾ lb. rice flour, whites and yolks of eggs to be beaten separately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

90Calories

6 gProtein

6 gFat

2 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Brandy	not in our table	0

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

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.). 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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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.

Brandy + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,311 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Egg + nutmegtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together24,744 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Brandy + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,340 recipes

Shared aroma: acetoin (butter, cream).