No Cream Of Tartar! Cake For Tomorrow. Help!
Decorating By Susecita Updated 20 Apr 2006 , 2:41am by Doug
All supers are closed. My partner does not want to go out to get me cream of tartar at the nearest place which is quite far and this recipe needs to be done tomorrow.
Ideas for substitutes?
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If you are beating eggs whites and don't have cream of tartar, you can substitute white vinegar (in the same ratio as cream of tartar, generally 1/8 teaspoon per egg white). It is a little more problematic to find a substitute for cream of tartar in baking projects. White vinegar or lemon juice, in the ratio of 3 times the amount of cream of tartar called for, will provide the right amount of acid for most recipes. But that amount of liquid may cause other problems in the recipe, and bakers have found that cakes made with vinegar or lemon juice have a coarser grain and are more prone to shrinking than those made with cream of tartar.
Haven't tried this before, but I was told 2 tsp of lemon juice or vinegar = 1 tsp of cream of tartar. HTH
several sources (ND & CO university extension services, Cooks Thesaurus) gave same reccomendation
3x of lemon juice or vinegar as the amount of required cream of tartar
example
1 tsp cream of tartar = 3 tsp lemon juice or vinegar
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