What can you use instead of Crisco in a cake recipe?

Answer 1

It depends what you are making. Something sweet can be baked without shortening by using cooking oil like canola or butter. Something savory you can use olive oil or butter as well, it really depends on what you are cooking.

Answer 2

Butter or margarine is a good substitute for Crisco. I've done the substitution and found that it works just as well and can have better flavor. You can also use almost equal parts of vegetable oil, but you will be required to reduce the liquid in your recipe to make up the difference.

Answer 3

for many years lard was used before shortening. nowadays, lard is hard to find but it makes dugh ver tender and flaky.

Answer 4

Depending on what you are using this in; if baking trying substituting margarine or butter