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Can you use 1 cup butter instead of 1 cup shortening in a cake recipe?
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∙ 15y ago
Depending on the recipe, It should work. Shortening was used as a replacement for butter along tima ago to reduce the price of products and to use up shortening or lard. Try to taste the finished product in your head and see if butter would go with the product. Chef Frank
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Can you use butter instead of shortening in a black forest cake when the recipe calls for both butter and shortening?
Yes, might taste a little different but still delicious!
What can you replace shortening with in a recipe?
Butter or lard can be used instead of shortening in cakes. Some types of neutral-tasting oils, such as vegetable oil or canola oil, can be used in many cake recipes.
Can you use butter cream to make fondant stick to a cake?
Butter can be used instead of shortening for fondant. Other ingredients needed with this recipe include corn syrup, vanilla and salt.
Can you replace shorting with butter in pound cake recipe?
Yes, butter can be substituted for shortening in most recipes. The resulting product will have more intense flavor, but may be a bit flatter or thinner. When using salted butter, one should also reduce the additional salt called for in the recipe.
Can you substitute shortening for butter in cake recipes?
Yes, for one cup of shortening use one cup of butter.
What are the advantages of using butter and using shortening in butter creme icings?
The advantages of using butter and using shortening in butter creme icings include butter's good taste, and the shortening in butter seals the moisture in the cake.
Can you use shortening instead of butter for a cake?
Yes, for one cup of shortening use one cup of butter.
Can you use oil for shortening in a chocolate cake recipe?
yes
Why use shortening in cake recipes?
shortening can be used for cookies because you don't have to put it in the freezer like butter. but you can use butter or vegetable oil to replace shortening but you will have to wait.
Can shortening be used instead of butter?
Yes, and it is probably better for you. Shortening is made with hydrogenated fat, which we probably all should try to reduce in our diets. The results will be a bit different. Butter will add a bit more moisture to your recipe. If you are baking your recipe, such as cookies, you might want to add an egg. The egg will prevent the cookies from spreading too much and add a cake like texture to them, similar to the "crisp outside, chewy inside" results from shortening.
Why we using butter for cake?
Because butter tastes better than artificial shortening products.
Can Crisco lard substitute for vegetable shortening?
Yes, you can melt shortening and use in a cake recipe. It will change the texture and possibly add heaviness to the cake, but it will still be good.
