baking with flora buttery?

phoebepants

Hi

i'm in the mood to make some cakes/biscuits and was wondering if i could substitute butter for flora buttery as i've no butter in and dont fancy trailing to the shops?

Thanks

Shell

avinabacca

Have a look on the side of the pack - if it says it's suitable for baking, get the oven on!

If not, down the shops for you. Some spreads have added air and water, and make the baking go a bit, well, wrong.

And you don't want skew-wiff biccies.......

Ishtar

Can't see why not. Check the side of the margarine tub - it usually says what you can use it for. It's normally the low-fat ones that aren't so good for baking.
HTH
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phoebepants

thanks for the replies - i've checked the pack and it says for all types of cooking so not sure if that meant baking too (prob sound a bit think but i'm not great in the kitchen ha ha)

Rikki

For all types of cooking would say to me okay for baking.

Why not give it a go and let us know the results?

mummysaver

I've used it before, not as good as butter but that's mainly a taste thing, and it works fine!

phoebepants

Thanks

I'll let you know how i get on!

Spentit_3

If you want something cheaper than butter, I would use Stork ( the one for cakes) but as you have flora buttery I think it would be ok. I've used ordinary flora before and it works fine.

babymamma40

I was blaming all my bad baking results on my pregnancy and old wives tales, but, in fact, it was from using Flora marj everytime. I love Flora, it's the best marj ever, especially the buttery Flora, however, when being used in baking it doesn't work the same as butter. The last thing I baked confirmed it. I made a pie crust type of thing for an italian dessert and I had to keep adding flour. I followed the recipe step by step as I usually do, but realized that the Flora is just too watery, not the same consistency as real butter. I hope this helps? xx