Butter will always taste better than shortening in frosting. However, butter will give the frosting a pale yellow tint, which can be a problem if a cake must be white or a pale pastel color. Butter also will melt at a lower temperature than shortening, causing the frosting to be less stable in warm weather.
A common substitute for shortening in frosting recipes is butter.
A common shortening substitute for frosting in baking recipes is butter.
Yes, if by table spread you mean margarine. Butter will give a better flavour but margarine will be less fattening.
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 =)
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Crisco brand butter shortening contains butter flavor, while regular Crisco brand shortening does not. This gives the butter shortening a buttery taste that the regular shortening lacks. Both can be used interchangeably in recipes that call for shortening.
Margarine is made with oils and artificial ingredients, butter is made from cream, shortening is made from oils and sometimes animal fats.
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.
You can, but your pretzels won't taste nearly as good. It's like using shortening in cake frosting, as most bakeries do. That's why their frosting is not very good. It's much better to use butter or margarine if you want to produce the tastiest result.
Yes, for one cup of shortening use one cup of butter.
You can substitute an equal amount of butter for the shortening; just keep in mind that the frosting will be much less resistant to heat, so if your cake will be in a warm environment, you may end up with puddles of buttercream on the table! If your recipe doesn't already call for egg whites, I would add a tbsp of meringue powder (or one egg white) to the recipe, to help the buttercream crust a bit; this may help with the stability of the frosting.
It depends on the recipe. Butter has a lower melting point than shortening. In frosting, this means would cause the frosting to loose body and become soft. Cookies would tend to spread a little further when baked. The is usually a reason for the shortening. Sometimes it doesn't matter, some times it does.