Oil Instead Of Butter In Choc Cake?

Decorating By nikki983 Updated 4 Feb 2007 , 6:26pm by jmt1714

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nikki983 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 7:45am
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Hi there..

You know those packet cake mixes in the supermarket where you just add eggs and oil.. well those cakes are always so light.. i have not come across a chocolate cake recipe that has oil instead of butter.. can ya substitute the butter for oil in a normal choc cake recipe or will those packet ones have had something else done to them?

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coachscarey Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 8:06am
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hi, not sure about the packet mixes but the chocolate cake recipe I use has oil not butter and it's great can last for 7-10 days still nice and fresh.

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nikki983 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 8:23am
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o wow really?, may i please have ur choc cake recipe?

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JanH Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 9:23am
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Hi nikki,

There are any number of ways to doctor a cake mix and make it taste more like a scratch cake.

Here are a few threads to help:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-66313-.html

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-68873-.html

And chocolate cake recipes/box & scratch:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-15039-.html

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paolacaracas Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 12:38pm
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icon_surprised.gif Janh, How do you do it?! You remember all the past posts! Wow

I change oil from butter in many recipes to make them "Parve" non dairy for Jewish weddings, the chocolate one from cake bible does good. The Yellow and White cakes get a nice consistency but misses a lot in flavor.

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nikki983 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:16pm
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thanks so much! that is a great help.. i have been making my ususal cake recipes normally bu wen i run out of time id been using a packet cake mix and someone said how do you get your cakes so light? lol i felt like id cheeted LOL so those links will be very helpful, thank you!

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jmt1714 Posted 4 Feb 2007 , 6:26pm
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the chocolate cake recipe on the back of the hershey's cocoa box uses oil, not butter.

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