What Does Milk Do

Decorating By Falenn Updated 28 Jun 2006 , 8:54am by morgiana

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Falenn Posted 27 Jun 2006 , 1:43am
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to the cake? i've been adding milk instead of water, which turns out fine. just wondering what the milk brings to the cake? does it make it more dense?

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emilykakes Posted 27 Jun 2006 , 2:35am
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I am not sure if it makes it denser but when I use milk I always use whole milk and I think that it makes the cake richer.

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springlakecake Posted 27 Jun 2006 , 12:49pm
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I think it does make the cake more dense.

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Rodneyck Posted 27 Jun 2006 , 1:49pm
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I don't know about dense, but it does add flavor and a tiny portion of fat. For chocolate cake though, the devil's food variety, water is best according to Cook's Illustrated, but for other buttercakes, either milk or buttermilk is preferred.

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morgiana Posted 28 Jun 2006 , 8:54am
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I bake from scratch only and always use milk, or buttermilk,(only sometimes a nice cup of coffee for a coffee cake) I was tought so home and it works for me pretty well.
Kasia

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