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Caramel Orange & Poppy Seed Cake

Be prepared for everyone to ask for two slices of this truly classy cake

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and poppy seed work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 74 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-hexanol, which smells resin, flower. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Orange + poppy seedtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Poppy seed + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together257 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  4. Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Orange + milktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

Butter and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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