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Baby Ruth™ Layer Cake

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 22 ingredients
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Baby Ruth™ Layer Cake

Why it works: Evaporated milk and buttermilk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Baby Ruth™ Layer Cake

1 - 9 inch 2 layer cake

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1340Calories
38 gProtein
72 gFat
136 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Candy Barnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Evaporated milk + buttermilktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + buttermilktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Peanut + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, evaporated milk, flour, sugar, egg, vanilla, buttermilk):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Pecansfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, evaporated milk, flour, sugar, egg, vanilla, buttermilk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.