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My Own Frozen Pudding, and a Good One

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

My Own Frozen Pudding, and a Good One

Ingredients

Directions

  1. _Contributed by Mary B. Snowden Samuel, Mrs. Frank Samuel, Philadelphia, Pa._

  2. Make a very rich chocolate ice cream, first scalding the cream an hour before you are going to use it. When ice cream is made have ready 1 lb. of French candied fruit chopped small for each qt. of cream. Gages, cherries, citron, and Sultana raisins. Mix these thoroughly in the ice cream. Put in a mold, and pack in the freezer. Do not let it remain too long as the fruit will become frozen too stiff. Serve this with a light sauce flavored either with brandy or rum. Sherry will not do.

  3. BRIDE’S CAKE.

  4. _Receipt of More Than 80 Years Ago, from Laura Hazard Robinson, and Contributed by Mr. William Attmore Robinson, Phila._

  5. 1¼ lbs. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of flour, 13 eggs, 3 lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 1 lb. of citron, 1 wineglass of wine, 2 wineglasses of brandy, 1 grated nutmeg, 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful of mace and cloves mixed, 1 cup of molasses.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
6 gProtein
6 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Brandynot in our table0
Macenot in our table0

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.

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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Mace + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,557 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Wine + brandytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Cinnamon + macetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Cinnamon + molassestop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,928 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, brandy, cinnamon, molasses, egg, nutmeg):

  1. Clovefits better
  2. Allspicefits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, brandy, cinnamon, molasses, egg, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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