The classic Christmas cake recipe says spreadable butter
Asked on 6 Oct 2016 by ANN CHRISTIE
I notice that on classic Christmas cake recipe it now says spreadable butter. Is this the presold spread - it always used to be ordinary unsalted butter at room temperature.
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Hello,
Many of Delia’s cakes are made with spreadable butter now. As most of the cakes are all-in-one the spreadable butter works perfectly every time straight from the fridge. Therefore there is no need to think ahead and allow the butter to soften and/or it removes the risk of attempting to soften it in a hurry and in some cases overheat it in a microwave.
Delia talks about it in this cookery school technique video.
Choosing Fats for Cakes
However there is no reason that you cannot use block butter that has been left to soften at room temperature if you prefer.
Kind regards
Lindsey