Can you cream butter & sugar in a food processor?

buy1now, Oct 24, 5:52pm
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I need to make my Xmas cake quickly, can I cream the butter & sugar in the food processor?

cookessentials, Oct 24, 6:18pm
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Do you have a plastic whipping blade with your processor? If so, yes you could. Dont use a metal blade as this is for cutting rather than blending/mixing.

gardie, Oct 24, 6:48pm
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You can, but I find it doesn't fluff it up quite the same as my good old trusty Kenwood.

greerg, Oct 24, 7:43pm
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I don't think it gets nearly as well aerated but what about doing it in the processor then a few minutes doing the final whip by hand?

jag5, Oct 24, 11:46pm
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Yep....I do banana and chocolate cake, queen cakes etc all in the food processor...no problems.

ashanti, Oct 25, 2:21am
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Yes I cream it in teh food processor with the metal cutting blade, I am lazy lol, I just make sure butter is not too cold.

buy1now, Oct 28, 9:25pm
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Thanks guys that's really useful

nzmu, Oct 29, 7:18pm
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I stopped creaming butter and sugar years ago. Instead, I beat the eggs and sugar till really light and frothy, then beat in the butter that has been previously melted. My cakes come out way lighter and more moist and of course this method is way quicker.

ruckass1, Oct 29, 10:23pm
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Cool I am going to try this way next time I make a cake!

lyl_guy, Jul 2, 6:50pm
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I have a friend who does that too, and she seems to have success.