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Can I sub jello gelatin for jello pudding?

post #1 of 8
9/28/12 at 10:50am
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I'm wanting to know if you can substitute jello gelatin for jello pudding in recipes? I'm not sure what the gelatin does for recipes, aside from adding flavor. I believe the pudding adds density?
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post #2 of 8
9/28/12 at 11:27am
Powdered Jello gelatin is about 85% sugar and 10% gelatin by weight. Weight of flavour/colour 5%. Primary function in cake batter is like sugar, and flavour/color come along for the ride.

Instant pudding mix has sugar and modified starch, harder to give proportions. Starch has been cooked and freeze dried to reconstitute into a pudding "instantly" and it grabs water as soon as liquid is added. It holds the moisture better in baked cake. It also decreases the effective gluten content causing a more tender cake crumb.

NO they aren't interchangeable. The cakes will be different.
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post #3 of 8
9/28/12 at 11:47am
It could depend on the recipe. If it's a scratch recipe that calls for pudding, then no for reasons stated above. However if you are adding it to a mix, then I have interchanged them successfully in the past to have different flavor combinations that I could not get with the puddings. I'm sure this is because the cake mixes have so much stuff already in there that the stability is not effected, but I don't really know the science behind it for sure.
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post #4 of 8
9/28/12 at 12:00pm
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I should have mentioned I'm working with a doctored cake mix, not a scratch recipe. icon_smile.gif

Stsapph, have you used them interchangeably in a doctored cake mix recipe? The type where you add eggs, sour cream, pudding (hence my issue)?

BakingIrene, I'm glad to know that they are NOT interchangeable in a scratch recipe. Thank you for that advice!
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post #5 of 8
9/28/12 at 12:05pm
The recipe I have interchanged them with is:
1 Mix
1 package of jello pudding
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (or sour cream)
1/3 cup oil
HTH
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post #6 of 8
9/28/12 at 12:52pm
I have interchanged them in doctored mix recipes and had wonderful results. I was converting a lemon cake to key lime. Since there is no key lime pudding, I used lime jello, It was wonderful! Texture was almost the same as the original recipe and the flavor was amazing.
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post #7 of 8
9/28/12 at 1:32pm
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Originally Posted by heysugar504

I have interchanged them in doctored mix recipes and had wonderful results. I was converting a lemon cake to key lime. Since there is no key lime pudding, I used lime jello,.

Hi, so you used a lemon cake mix and added powder lime jello?
Thank you!
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post #8 of 8
11/19/12 at 9:35am

I know this is old, but I used a white cake mix, key lime yogurt, and lime jello. Worked out wonderfully! It was derived from the Cake Mix Doctor's Lemon Lovers cake.

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