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Snowman Friends Cake Decoration

Icing and decorating a Christmas cake may take time but this sweet snowy scene will be a hit with kids

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Snowman Friends Cake Decoration

Why it works: Orange and clove are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,987 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Snowman Friends Cake Decoration

Ices one 23cm cake Nutritional info includes Apricot & almond fruitcake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

467Calories
6 gProtein
28 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Marzipannot in our table0
Icingnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Orange + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Apricot + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together703 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Apricot + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Coconut + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Orange + coconuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together584 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apricot, sugar, orange, clove):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apricot, sugar, orange, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.