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Double-Layer Carrot Cake with Tofu Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 23 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Double-Layer Carrot Cake with Tofu Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1170Calories
29 gProtein
25 gFat
212 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 20 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Tofu100g firm76
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Agarnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Allspice + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, canola oil, wheat, flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Pumpkinfits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, canola oil, wheat, flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.