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Amaretto Cream Cake

"A very delicious and rich cake."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Amaretto Cream Cake

Why it works: Buttermilk and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,973 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Amaretto Cream Cake

2 layer 9 inch cake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

511Calories
16 gProtein
37 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
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.

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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. Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Apricot + cream cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Buttermilk + cream cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Apricot + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Egg + sugartop 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 apricot

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

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