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Apple Crumble Loaf

A rustic fruit crumble cake with raisins and spice and a crunchy nutty topping - a spin on a classic

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Apple Crumble Loaf

Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Apple Crumble Loaf

CUTS INTO 10 slices
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

990Calories
28 gProtein
27 gFat
161 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Hazelnutnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  3. Flour + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together464 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Apple + hazelnuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Apple + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,104 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

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

Swap the hazelnut

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits about as well
  4. Hazelnutthe original

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