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Christmas Cake Recipe

This is a healthy, moist and gluten free Christmas Cake (fruit cake).

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and pistachio match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 693 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Christmas Cake Recipe

1 cake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

887Calories
28 gProtein
23 gFat
144 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By chow. 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. Almond + pistachiotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together693 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Agave + pistachiotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Agave + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pistachio + walnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Almond + walnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together993 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, agave, almond, flour, apricot, pistachio, walnut):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, agave, almond, flour, apricot, pistachio, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.