i want to try a chocolate cake recipe i found, but it calls for buttermilk. i really don't like using buttermilk in cake, as i find it leaves an aftertaste. would it be fine to just use regular milk???

thanks

I've substituted regular milk for buttermilk before with no problems.

I don't think you can substitute reg milk for buttermilk..
Buttermilk has a purpose. The results won't be tha same..

Like Red Velvet and Italian Cream Cake has Buttermilk.

My chocolate cake recipe has buttermilk in it, you would never know. It's not the same taste you get when it's in white cake, in my experience anyway.

Doesn't the acidity of the buttermilk help with the rise you get from the baking soda or something? Some chemical reaction... where's Alton Brown when you need him!

i have made the fudge layer cake on this site with and without the buttermilk....its a tad different but not much...you couls go ahead and try it and see if you like how it turned out.

if I remember correctly you need the acid in the buttermilk to react with the baking soda/ baking powder in the recipe. You can use regular milk, just add about 1 TBS lemon juice