Unsalted Butter Or Salted Butter???????

Baking By asul Updated 29 Jul 2007 , 4:48pm by i_heart_pastry

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asul Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:14pm
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Hi everyone !!! I have a recipe that is asking for unsalted butter , but I only have salted butter . Can I use that instead or can I substitute margarine? It's for a yellow butter cake.
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2sdae Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:17pm
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you can certainly use the salted butter, just omit the salt the recipe calls for. Salt tends to lessen the sweet taste in cakes and icing.

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Sherry0565 Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:23pm
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I always used the "Salted". Makes it less sweet.

Sherry

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roxxxy_luvs_duff Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:29pm
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ive always heard that you use unsalted for baking. Ii dont and i havent been able to taste the difference i dont omit the salt if a recipe calls for some

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No-goodLazyBum Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:39pm
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When I have to use salted butter in place of unsalted, I just reduce the salt in the recipe by about 1/4 tsp. I don't eliminated altogether.

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asul Posted 20 Jul 2007 , 8:55pm
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thanks so much guys!!! I thought that had to run to the grocery store right now ,and it's almost 100 degrees outside icon_eek.gif You guys are GREAT thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif .

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7yyrt Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 8:58pm
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Salted butter has 1 teaspoon salt per cup, I believe.
It's m u c h cheaper than unsalted.

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mocakiss86 Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 7:25pm
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I've only found a difference when baking butter or sugar type cookies--salted tends to over brown, everything else I never seem to see a difference.

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i_heart_pastry Posted 29 Jul 2007 , 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by mocakiss86

I've only found a difference when baking butter or sugar type cookies--salted tends to over brown, everything else I never seem to see a difference.




I agree - I use unsalted in cookies and pastry. I tend to use unsalted most of the time, but sometimes I prefer salted in icing to cut the sweetness. In the grocery store I go to, there is no price difference between the salted and unsalted, so I typically buy both to have on hand.

Bec

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