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Walnut Cake with Chocolate Whipped CreamWalnut Passover Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and cream 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 ↓

Walnut Cake with Chocolate Whipped CreamWalnut Passover Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream

Makes one 9-inch cake

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

359Calories
9 gProtein
22 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cakenot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Cocoa powder + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Sugar + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Walnut + cocoa powdertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together250 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. 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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, cocoa powder, egg, cream):

  1. Hazelnutfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Pistachiofits about as well
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cocoa powder, egg, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.