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What low fat alternative can you use in place of unsalted butter in a frosting recipe?
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∙ 13y ago
You can use margarine (or low fat spread)
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Do you need shorting for a chocolate buttercream frosting?
Just use: 300 g icing sugar 100 g unsalted butter 40 g cocoa powder 40 ml whole milk (the hummingbird frosting recipe)
Can I Use oil instead of butter for frosting?
If a frosting recipe has butter in it, use the butter. Oil will change the consistency and not taste good.
How to make lemon butter?
my recipe is the same amount of lemon juice as there is unsalted butter
What is the function of unsalted butter?
Either salted or unsalted butter may be used in most recipes. The amount of salt in the recipe will need to be adjusted or even eliminated when using salted butter.
Salted or unsalted butter best for baking?
Regular butter will make your food taste slightly saltier, but can usually be used in place of unsalted butter. In many baked items the proportion of ingredients has a direct effect on the finished product. Not just the flavor. The interaction of salt and sugar with leavening agents such as yeast and with the gluten in the flour can affect the rise of the product and the finished texture. Baking is a science. A small change in proportion can have a big effect.
What is a vegetable shortening substitute for baking biscuits?
I always use butter. You may want to adjust the salt in the recipe if not using unsalted butter.
Does it matter if you use salted butter instead of unsalted butter in banana bread?
No, not really. Unsalted butter is usually recommended to keep the sweet, light flavor, but a lot of good bakers I know use salted butter. Most recipes call for unsalted, but it's up to you. Try it a few times; there's no reason to only try to make one loaf. My favorite recipe uses regular butter. Unsalted butter just makes it a little healthier.
Is there any advantage to using unsalted butter for shortbread?
The advantages to using unsalted butter in baking are: It has a fresher, purer taste Often unsalted butter is fresher because it has no salt to act as a preservative and hence must be sold quicker/sooner -- check the expiration date You control the saltiness of the end result by how much salt you intentionally add to the recipe -- there's no added salt from the butter
When making cake frosting with sour cream instead of milk should you melt the butter or cream the butter and why?
To correctly answer this I would need to see the recipe. But many frosting recipes require you to only soften the butter and never to melt it. In order to have a frosting turn out thick the butter needs to be softened. If it's melted it won't properly combine with the other ingredients.
Can you substitute shortening for butter in simple frosting recipe?
yes because the shortening is just like butter 1 cup of shortening is like 1 cup of butter tell me how the frosting came out =)
Where can a person find a simple recipe for chocolate frosting?
A simple recipe for chocolate frosting: 300g Icing Sugar, 100g Unsalted Butter, 40ml milk, 40g coco powder Mix it all together, adding the milk last. This works well in a mixer, or without. Remember you can always cheat and buy it ready made!
Can olive oil to replace unsalted butter in a recipe?
Not really. They have different properties and cook differently. You can sometimes use olive oil to saute something in place of butter, but if the recipe calls for butter, use butter. Sometimes you can substitute vegetable oil or canola oil, but not olive oil.
