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Marg/butter for baking - quality or price?

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  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    Trow wrote: »
    <snip> I can't believe its not butter (hate the name, but again, no hydrogenated products) <snip>

    It also usually shows as "ICBINB" on the receipt. We use the cheap stuff and can't taste any difference.
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  • Aarons_mummy
    Aarons_mummy Posts: 961 Forumite
    I use the 'Best For Baking' from Asda 55p for 250g or sometimes is on offer at 2 for £1, I find it makes baking lovely, no horrible taste or anything, if not that then any marg I have picked up at £1, sometimes it's a supermarket (not SP) spread other times it could be flora or such depending what's on offer :)
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  • quintwins
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    i use value marge for baking, and flora for sandwichs ect, eeryone once in awhile we have real butter, i only ever buy golden cow (it's a northern ireland thing everytime i mention it to my mainland friends they don't know what i'm talking about) i acually live a few houses up from the factory but they don't have a factory shop :(


    btw theres a £1 off £3 of butter in the price drop book in tesco.
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  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    With the rising cost of butter I've had to cut back on the amount I buy. Butter is now only for sandwiches and toast and I use Stork for baking.
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  • koolkatsaffi
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    Didn't realise this was an old thread until I saw someone paid 49p for 1/2 lb of butter!!

    Me too!...

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  • katieowl_2
    katieowl_2 Posts: 1,864 Forumite
    Butter for baking cakes, mix of butter and lard for pastry.

    Remember butter freezes well so if it's on offer you can stock up!

    Kate
  • 166million
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    I always use the cheapest I can find, but the Tesco value is no good for baking
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  • koolkatsaffi
    koolkatsaffi Posts: 628 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I find Willow good for baking :)

    It is 2 for £1 at Heron freezer shops and usually the same price in Asda.
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  • dragonlily
    dragonlily Posts: 186 Forumite
    I always use unsalted butter in cakes but I hate the flavour of margarine and reckon I can still taste it in cakes too :(

    I always wait until Asda have Lupak unsalted block butter on at 2 for £2 and get loads.

    We have just tried Aldi's Norpak spreadable for sandwiches and stuff this week and it is actually very nice and much cheaper than our usual Lurpak!
  • jenster
    jenster Posts: 505 Forumite
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    Willow is the butter i use mainly cos its the cheapest butter about
    and in cakes and biscuits i dont like cheap marg

    but i have also used the i cant belive its not butter and the supermarkets own type like butter me up etc , and there not as good as butter but not as bad as marg and often on buy one get one frees
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