The Ultimate Cake Flavor Combinations Cheat Sheet

Bakeries and pastry shops offer an endless variety of all types of desserts for every taste. Puff pastries, sponge cake pastries, shortcrust pastries, with fruits and berries, different creams and fillings… It is impossible to try them all! How do you find the sought-after one among the assortment — a cake in which all your preferred cake flavor combinations are in perfect balance?

Hence, a foolproof way is to make it yourself. If you find the classics boring and have no desire to analyze tons of recipes to figure out what flavors would go well together, use the constructor from Cook It. We have collected the most successful cake flavor combinations for every taste: perfect pairings of sponge, cream, and additional ingredients.

So what are some creative flavor pairings to try? Here’s our cheat sheet we think you will love very much.

Thanks to our ultimate cake flavor combinations cheat sheet, you no longer need to question whether or not pineapples and poppies will go well with mascarpone-based cream. Or spent hours trying small batches of recipes and seeing whether you liked them or not. What are your go-to flavor pairings? Share your recipes and tips in the comments, we would love to know!

Valerie

I am an English major with a love of languages and fiction, and with an incurable travel bug. In my free time, I read fantasy, drink copious amounts of coffee, and like to go see movies. Culinary art means everything to me. My main hypostasis is the taster, though. The music school has taught me to appreciate the symphony of airy meringues, to create harmonious overtures of light snacks, hard rock of meat, fish, and vegetables on the grill. Choir classes have accustomed me to hear and feel the people nearby and create perfect harmonies of sounds.