Name: Tutti Frutti Icing
Ingredients: 1 ounce chopped citron; 1 ounce candied cherries; 1 ounce seedless raisins; 1 ounce candied pineapple; 1 ounce blanched almonds; boiled icing (prepared as directed)

Why it works: Raisin and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,781 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Tutti Frutti Icing

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the boiled icing as directed.
Mix in the chopped citron, candied cherries, seedless raisins, candied pineapple, and blanched almonds.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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.

Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,781 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Pineapple + almondtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together428 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Raisin + pineappletop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together139 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).