Can you substitute oil for butter in banana bread?

Answer 1

You can substitute vegetable oil for butter in a cake, but be aware that some vegetable oils have a strong or savoury flavour that might not be suitable for a cake. Taste the oil first.

Also, butter, being a natural animal product, melts at body temperature, giving a luxurious mouth-feel as it melts in your mouth, so this aspect of the pleasant texture of the cake will be lost.

Also, butter can be whipped or creamed more easily to incorporate air into the cake and will therefore more easily give a lighter cake than oil.

Answer 2

YES, I have done it and it makes the bread very moist! Unfortunately I do not have the recipe with me to tell you how much oil to use. I will try and get it.I found it, you need twenty tbs. of vegetable oil.

Answer 3

depends on the recipe. I use 1 stick of butter and 1/2 cup of sour cream in my banana bread. Best bread I ever made.

Here is the recipe, don't tell anyone :

1 stick of soft butter

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup mashed bananas ( 2 bananas)

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup nuts ( optional)

bake at 350 in GREASED loafpan about 50 minutes or until tester comes out clean

Answer 4

Yes! We tried it in the classroom today with an equal substitution amount and the bread was a little heavier than normal, but still wonderful!

Answer 5

Yes, you can generally substitute butter (or margarine) for oil in most recipes but you should melt it first to make sure you have an equivalent amount, and to help mix it in.

Answer 6

You could, I suppose, if you want your banana bread to taste faintly of olives. It doesn't sound an ideal combination to me.

Answer 7

I do it all the time. Try using 1/4 cup.