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Rhubarb Crumble Tray-bake Cake Recipe

This delectable crumble tray bake cake makes the most of fresh, seasonal rhubarb.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Rhubarb and ginger work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 241 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

4 people
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By lovefood. 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. Rhubarb + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  3. Rhubarb + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together638 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + milktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together76,993 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter 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

Flavor stand-ins for the ginger

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

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rhubarb, flour, butter, sugar, egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).