Butter all gone - can I use oil? (chocolate cake)

marley, Aug 19, 1:41am
I have no butter but can I use oil. Its a Sophie Gray recipe (Danas choc cake) does anyone know if its ok to sub the butter for oil? ? ? And if so how much oil would I need for 100g butter? ? ?

me-shell1, Aug 19, 1:52am
should be fine id use 2 thirds of the amount of butter

molly37, Aug 19, 2:31am
yes, have a look at the other post for choc cake, it uses oil and is SO moist and delicious.

angel404, Feb 8, 2:08am
yeap the recipe i use for choccy cake has no butter in it. has got oil tho.