tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post6638856494638343779..comments2015-09-28T20:53:36.142-04:00Comments on Was Living Down Under: Let them eat cake - Part 1Was Living Down Underhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-21280322189805564382013-09-05T20:45:25.132-04:002013-09-05T20:45:25.132-04:00Do let me know the verdict! And if it's not t...Do let me know the verdict! And if it's not the "one" I'd be interested to have the recipe of the one that is. Are you going on taste alone or are there other criteria?Was Living Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-52462346402706025752013-09-05T14:25:36.687-04:002013-09-05T14:25:36.687-04:00Ooh. am on the quest for the best ever chocolate c...Ooh. am on the quest for the best ever chocolate cake - I remember making it once for B's bday but I now can't remember which recipe it was, so we're working through them.<br /><br />It's a tough job etc etc.<br /><br />Will add this one to the list!Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-26146322635100330112013-09-04T11:09:39.344-04:002013-09-04T11:09:39.344-04:00No worries - happy to share! Do let me know how i...No worries - happy to share! Do let me know how it turns out when you get around to making it. xWas Living Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-22021393899553073342013-09-04T11:08:47.658-04:002013-09-04T11:08:47.658-04:00So you got me thinking - I just went and googled s...So you got me thinking - I just went and googled shortening. Turns out Shortening is the word they use for any fat in a baking recipe. <br /><br />"Butter or other fat used for making pastry or bread"<br /><br />And according to the Oxford English Dictionary - "fat used for making pastry." I clicked on the link to check the US English dictionary and it was the same as above.<br /><br />I think it's probably used in America to describe vegetable shortening because butter is called butter and lard is called lard? Was Living Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-10928888799818037852013-09-04T11:04:04.682-04:002013-09-04T11:04:04.682-04:00I always thought shortening was lard and since we&...I always thought shortening was lard and since we're Muslim, I substitute with butter. I never really thought about it and it seems to have worked for me - though perhaps if you used shortening you'd get a different result? <br /><br />I too am distrustful of products that are processed. I tend to use coconut oil for cooking, butter for baking and on occasion olive oil.Was Living Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-24302026218905528922013-09-04T10:56:10.629-04:002013-09-04T10:56:10.629-04:00Let me know how it turns out!Let me know how it turns out!Was Living Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468743238161263895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-14578887943681597662013-09-04T06:41:18.549-04:002013-09-04T06:41:18.549-04:00ps. Thanks WLDU for this - it's much appreciat...ps. Thanks WLDU for this - it's much appreciated and sounds delicious. It's now in my recipe file. Once something goes in there, it never comes out....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-83747042482294847292013-09-04T06:17:44.226-04:002013-09-04T06:17:44.226-04:00I'm with you on the shortening front. I love ...I'm with you on the shortening front. I love butter. I don't really use anything else. I think it comes from living in places where I can't read the ingredient labels on food and margarine is a step into the unknown. You know where you are with butter. At least I think you do...<br /><br />So, how did the cake turn out? Details please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-59869271936558991252013-09-04T02:14:40.923-04:002013-09-04T02:14:40.923-04:00Am interested to see that you equate shortening wi...Am interested to see that you equate shortening with butter. Do you think that works? I've wondered, when I use American recipes, whether Flora or some kind of vegetable-based spread is more like shortening.<br /><br />I could never really bring myself to use shortening when we lived in America. Didn't seem right to bake with some fat-based substance that you didn't find in the refrigerated section of the supermarket. (But I guess the Americans feel the same about us not keeping eggs in the refrigerated section!) But shortening just seems like a processed substance beyond processed - and what's the point of home baking if it's going to include so much processed stuff. Even the name, Crisco, sounds very processed somehow.<br /><br />I think I've got shortening prejudice issues.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970795029730202447.post-86093431327964509912013-09-04T02:11:12.975-04:002013-09-04T02:11:12.975-04:00I'm going to do this. Today.I'm going to do this. Today.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.com