Home made!

[jen_br]

Re: Home made!

ew butter i better

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

Butter, butter, butter & more butter.

Veg oil? Bizarre choice!

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

Yeah that is what i thought so i never used that recipe???

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

Can you not replace the oil with butter, ensuring the ratio is kept the same?

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

let me bring in the recipe tomorrow and let you know what it is and see what you think?

Is that ok??

[jen_br]

Re: Home made!

Yeah do that Ive seen oil instead and you can technically use it but it doesn't taste as nice!

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

Ok this is the recipe

6 eggs (seperated)
240 g castor sugar
5 tbsp Veg oil
240g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
50g cocoa powder

So if I replaced the veg oil - how much butter would you suggest?

xx

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

I believe that most cake recipes call for equal weights of fat, flour and eggs and sugar (a deviation of 20% is acceptable).

A medium sized egg weighs c. 40g, so you have 240 g each of flour, sugar and eggs, therefore a recipe should call for 240g of fat.

However, I'm confused, as 5 tablespoons of oil would not weigh anywhere near 240g ?

Jeeeeeeeeen - help!

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

Ugh...................

hopefully we can work it out

I might see if I can find another recipe?

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

Maybe i could just double the amount i use for my normal cupcakes??

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

Out of interest, what are the ratios of fat/flour/sugar/eggs that you have in a recipe you have been successfully using?

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

5 oz (150g)Butter - softened
5 oz (150g)superfine (castor) sugar
6 oz (175g)self-raising flour
3eggs
1 tspvanilla extract

I just add two Tbsp of Coco powder if making chocolate ones

and this makes 12 cup cakes

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

Well using the 20% deviation rule, either recipe would seem fine.

I'm not sure why they were only calling for 5 tbsp of oil in the recipe you had found previously?

If you were to use your usual recipe, I would consider adding an extra yolk

Diddly xxx
(ps, no sign of Jen yet? her input would be useful prior to cooking!)

[LooLoo]

Re: Home made!

So would I just double my recipe?

Yep come on jen bit of help hehehehehe

xx

[diddlydee]

Re: Home made!

Depends how big the cupcake tin is? Check volume of a normal cupcake tin versus volume of the big tin. Might give you an idea on how to increase the volume accordingly.