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Yikes! Need cake mix help fast!?

I need to make a cake at the last minute - the recipe (on the back of the box!) calls for 1/2 cup of oil - all I have is olive oil. But I do have some butter-flavored crisco in the sticks. Can I use that satisfactorily? Has anyone ever substituted solid shortening for oil? Help!!! (I live too far out of town to go get oil - and I don't know if the olive oil taste will be too strong.)

Update:

Thanks, kiya! You win. I'm off to bake the cake with shortening.

Update 2:

Thanks, Roy! I will post how the cake turns out - I keep my crisco in the pantry so it wasn't very hard. I just plopped it in the mixer and mixed away! The batter had the same look as it does when I use oil. But taste and texture - who knows. We'll see in 30 minutes!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes, the olive oil will make a distinct taste difference. and especially in a cake. Not your best choice. Sorry!

    Source(s): experience
  • RoyS
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yep, olive oil will impart a distinctive taste. Try this: melt the Crisco, and use that. Solid shortening won't mix the same as liquid oil, so melting might help. I'd be interested in knowing how it turns out, although I would try it myself, if I were in the same situation.

    ON EDIT:

    Dawn, how did that cake come out?

  • Robert O
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Shortening wins here. no olive oil for cake. And as bad as it is for you, it's sinfully delicious, so go for it.

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