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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using butter and shortening in butter cream icing?
Vegetable shortening, being pure lipid (fat), does not have an aqueous component, nor does it have any nutrients other than fat. Butter has a small amount of water and some milk solids in addition to the butterfat. These components, though small, contribute to the texture and mouthfeel of the finished product. Shortening will work, but you may not be happy with the result: it will be greasier and leave a waxy residue in your mouth.
If you do choose to use butter in a buttercream icing, may I suggest using unsalted butter. Butter manufacturers sometimes use salt to disguise a slightly lower-quality cream used as the starting product; unsalted butter likely started with a better-quality cream. Also, the amount of salt may vary from batch to batch of butter, yielding unpredictable results from batch to batch of icing. (Plus, salt is not always desirable in a sweet finished product such as icing.)
Occasionally, a recipe calling for unsalted butter also calls for a small amount of salt. You may wonder, why not just use salted butter? The reason is that with unsalted butter, you are able to control the amount of salt in the recipe, since as mentioned above, salt content varies from batch to batch of butter.
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What the difference between cooking margarine butter shortening?
Margarine is made with oils and artificial ingredients, butter is made from cream, shortening is made from oils and sometimes animal fats.
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.
What is creamwell made of it is used in icing for cakes?
Cream-Well also known as 'Cream Mixture' is an ingredient that has similar texture like the vege shortening. It helps to regulate the butter cream taste and texture. Without 'cream mixture' our butter cream will be too oily and buttery then both kids and adults will not really enjoy the after taste after taking too many cupcakes or cake with butter cream.
Can you use no butter in icing?
To make a fluffy, peanut butter icing, combine butter, creamy peanut butter, milk and confectioner's sugar. Mix ingredients well with an electric mixer. You could substitute another fat for the butter. Shortening would work.
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.
I am low on butter and I do not want to use shortening or lard in my cake What can I use?
In baking, try oil. In general eating (but not baking), try light cream cheese.
What can you use in place of vegetable shortening?
You can use Butter, Margarine, or Lard. These will give you about the same result as using vegetable shortening. Vegetable shortening is pure fat so lard will be a good substitute, butter and margarine have water in them you will need to use a little more and if used in baking they won't produce a crust that is as flaky as shortening would. If you are looking for a healthier/low fat substitution try googleing food substitutions for vegetable shortening. Using certain fruits like apple sauce, bananas and many others as a substitution can work but a very very lesser degree.Clarification:Using butter, margarine or lard will not generally give the same results as using shortening. Shortening is made from hydrogenated vegetable oil, such as soybean oil, butter is made from cream, and margarine is made from various fats and liquids.In some recipes that call for butter or shortening, you can use margarine, but since margarine has a higher water content than butter or shortening, it's not a good idea to use margarine in foods that require a crisp, flaky texture, such as pie crust.
Is butter made from cream?
Yes, butter is made by churning some cream.
What does it mean to cream the butter?
To cream, is to mix with a spoon, normally butter and sugar, as in cake pudding or cookie recipes. When asked to cream the butter and sugar, just beat with a spoon until the texture and colour changes, to a light airy consistency.
What is the source of butter or its origin?
Butter is obtained from the milk , the milk is heated and changes in to yogurt ,this yogurt when churned releases cream this cream is actually called butter.
What 2 ingredients are creamed?
Generally this instruction is found in cookie recipes. You blend the sugar and fats (ie. shortening or butter), and then add eggs and vanilla. You then cream together until light and fluffy.
What is the frosting used on American store bought cakes?
The most common frosting used on American bakery cakes is called butter cream frosting. But it usually is made with white shortening and flavored with artificial butter, almond, vanilla and other flavorings and extracts.
