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You may use peanut butter. Its a good binder to hold other ingredients and it is loaded with protein.
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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.
What can you substitute for one quarter cup margarine or butter in a dumpling recipe?
Shortening or lard could be substituted without any major change in the recipe.
What is the function of lard and suet in pastery?
The function of lard in pastries is to make your pastry nice and flaky.If a recipe tells you to use only lard, use half lard and half butter. You won't be disappointed. :)
Is pig fat used in cake cream?
Cake CreamThe term "cake cream" is not one that was found anywhere on a search using a search engine, so is it possible that cake cream is a regional term that is used to refer to lard?If so, lard is made from pig fat and can be used in place of butter or margarine in cakes and other baked goods.
What can be used as a substitute for margarine in cake?
Butter.A further response:Since margarine was developed as an inexpensive substitute for butter, butter is also a good substitute for margarine. Depending on exactly what recipe you are making, other possible substitutes might be lard or chicken fat (schmaltz), or a neutral tasting vegetable oil such as canola oil. Each type of fat will produce a slightly different baked product.
What is the ratio of liquid to dry ingredients in a cake?
It depends on the eact cake recipe. Often, there will be a slightly higher amount of dry ingredients as opposed to wet ingredients. The dry ingredients can usually dissolve in lesser amounts of liquid. Also, solid ingredients like butter or lard are not techinically "liquids", but they act as liquids during baking.
The definition of shortening?
A fat, such as butter or lard, used to make cake or pastry light or flaky
If you have an old recipe that calls for a half of a package of lard how much is that?
The lard I remember always came in buckets, I think they were 5 pound buckets. I have seen it in one pound bricks. But adding a half a pound of lard seems like alot of lard, unless one is baking a very large amount.
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 1 cup butter instead of 1 cup shortening in a cake recipe?
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
What is high fat cake?
A high fat cake is a cake that contains high amounts of calories, fats, and sugars. It is usually a cake that includes egg yolks, milk, cream, butter, margarine, lard, shortening / vegetbale shortening, and / or oil.
Can you use shortening in place of lard?
No. Lard is animal fat and shortening is vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated.
