Add 1 tablespoon vinegar to 1 cup milk, and let stand five minutes to make your own buttermilk. Works well. I, too, would leave out raisins. Can't stand the little critters!
On 8/29/10, Penny Reeder <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathi, Does the cake rise with just plain milk? I would think that it > would need the acidity of the buttermilk to make the baking soda work > to make the cake rise. You might want to add a tsp. of vinegar or > lemon juice to the regular milk, the next time you make the cake, to > make sure it rises okay, or you could always substitute yogurt for the > buttermilk. This sounds like a delicious recipe. I can't wait to try > it! Thanks for sending. > Penny > > On 8/29/10, Kathy Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> See my notes below: >> >> >> >> 1/2 Cup Sugar >> 1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter, softened >> 1 Egg >> 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla >> 1 Cup Flour >> 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda >> 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder >> 1/8 Teaspoon Nutmeg >> 1/2 Cup Buttermilk, at room temperature >> 1/2 Cup Raisins >> 1/2 Cup Walnuts >> 1/2 Large Orange, in chunks >> Directions: >> Preheat oven to 375. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan. Cream >> sugar, >> butter, >> and egg. Add vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and nutmeg. >> In >> a food >> processor or grinder, finely grind the raisins, nuts, and orange (peel and >> all), >> and buttermilk. Add to batter. Bake 40 minutes. When completely cool, >> invert >> on plate >> >> >> >> Notes: >> I don't use buttermilk, but regular, since buttermilk, even the powdered >> kind in the can, I just haven't gotten around to buying. I don't use >> raisins (since don't care for them). Since I usually want to make a >> full-size cake, and ince it's more practical to use a whole orange or a >> whole lemon, if I'm doing the lemon variant, I double the rest of the >> recipe, bake in a bundt pan, and adjust the time to 50-55 minutes. >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
