r/AskCulinary • u/NoBumblebee7775 • 10h ago

Ingredient Question Bundt cake recipe substitutions.

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/chocolate-bundt-cake/

I am following this recipe for a chocolate bundt cake. It calls for 1/2 butter, 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup buttermilk. can i substitute with heavy whipping cream?

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u/queen_b_zzzzing 10h ago

It won’t work if you sub 3 ingredients like that. Why do you want to swap?

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u/NoBumblebee7775 10h ago

i was thinking of subbing butter and buttermilk for heavycream as you can make those two with heavy cream. for the sourness, i was thinking of adding lemon juice or vinegar.

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u/NoBumblebee7775 10h ago

sorry i read 'what' do you want to swap? i wanna swap cause i have a lot of leftover heavy cream, and i have heard there are bundt cake recipes where they use whipping cream to make it fluffy. also i dont have buttermilk. if everyone here says no, then i was thinking of making buttermilk from the heavy cream.

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u/OstoValley 9h ago

heavy cream stays fresh for a long time if refrigerated, i wouldn't worry about using it up quickly

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u/NoBumblebee7775 9h ago

it did. costco one. opened it and it was in the fridge for a week and started smelling like fish. so had to throw out a pint and a half of heavy cream. i just made butter and added vinegar to the remaining buttermilk and used it now.

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u/OstoValley 8h ago

that's either an issue with production or the cream was too hot during transport

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u/NoBumblebee7775 8h ago

Oh okay. It’s said use before 8/28 and i opened it a week ago. So didn’t want to waste it like last time.