Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any cake recipes using flora proactiv instead of butter/margarine. Trying to make my baking healthier!
0800xford,
Jan 11, 9:50am
i use olive oil here, not that i bake cakes often.
elliehen,
Jan 11, 9:53am
It would cost you a small fortune and make very little difference.
0800xford,
Jan 11, 9:57am
just the other day i compared the fat content [only] of sunrise sunflower spread to flora original spread, the former has heaps less fat and was cheaper?!
kvothe,
Jan 11, 9:58am
So would using olive oil/vegetable oil be a better option? I'm a novice in terms of cooking so the advice is much appreciated :).
0800xford,
Jan 11, 10:30am
olive oil ingredients: olive oil
margarine ingredients: rather a lot of numbers, fat, salt and words only scientists can pronounce
kvothe,
Jan 11, 11:03am
Lol if you look up the wiki article there's plenty of components to olive oil too ;).
Have found some sponge cakes and carrot cakes on the internet that use NO butter :O :O :O Can't wait to try them out!
0800xford,
Jan 11, 12:00pm
apparently you can freeze olive oil to make a spread, the last time i tried it it didn't freeze properly though.
I would use butter.Traditional baking is not healthy anyway.So just limit the mount you eat instead.
pogram0,
Jan 11, 5:24pm
I use Pro Activ all the time in my baking - more expensive but I only bake one thing a week during the winter months.It never seems to make any different to the result.It is certainly much easier to cream with the sugar.I merely substitute Pro Activ for the butter specified in the recipe.
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