Baking and cooking the perfect list of substitute ingredients. If you finally have a nice recipe, you see that you just don't have that one ingredient at home. Maybe that is less bad than you think, first read the list below and see if there is an alternative ingredient for it
Reduce ingredients in a recipe
You may sometimes wonder if you can substitute certain ingredients in a recipe. In principle, this should be possible, especially for recipes to which something extra is added, such as chocolate pieces or pieces of fruit.
However, I would not just reduce sugar or flour and the like. This can have major consequences for your baking or dish. The ingredients are perfectly matched to each other. If you reduce something, your baking could collapse, become sticky or, for example, not be cooked. So I really don't recommend reducing, unless you understand baking and cooking and know exactly what you're doing.
Of course you can also experiment with it. And if you look up a recipe online, you often see comments under it. Sometimes people already indicate that they have adjusted something and if so what this was. Saves you a lot of headache and you know for sure that the recipe will not fail. A recipe that you could experiment with is this vegetarian chocolate cake.
List of baking and cooking substitute ingredients
My recipe for a delicious banana-almond cake was the inspiration for making this list. Because what do you do if you really want to bake, but don't have any eggs at home? That's when you start looking for an alternative ingredient. You can replace a whole egg with 45ml aquafaba (chickpea liquid). Replace a protein with 30 ml of aquafaba.
And suddenly you come across a lot of substitute ingredients, so my idea for compiling a baking and cooking substitute ingredients list was born. Or make a delicious red wine cake (you can replace the wine with grape juice or apple juice, for example).
The list below also partially includes the English names for certain ingredients. That makes it even easier, because how often do you use an American recipe and don't know what it is? With this list that is no longer a problem. Keep in mind that if you replace flour, eggs or butter it won't make much difference with the original recipe.
However, if you replace more ingredients, you may be able to get a delicious baking, but it will differ from the original. I don't have any problems with this myself, in the end it's all about the taste. And whether that is with the original ingredients or with alternative ingredients, it doesn't really matter to me.
Ingredient | Amount* | Substitute ingredient | Allspice 1 teaspoon ½ teaspoon cinnamon and ½ teaspoon ground cloves Spiced apple pie1 teaspoon ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon cardamom Arrowroot1 ½ teaspoon 1 tablespoon flour and ½ teaspoon cornstarch Baking powder 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar ( tartaric acid)
Baking powder1 teaspoon¼ teaspoon baking soda,
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
Baking powder1 teaspoon¼ teaspoon baking soda and ½ cup buttermilk (note:reduce the amount of liquid with cup!) Brown sugar1 cup1 cup white sugar and ½ tablespoon molasses
Chili sauce1 cup 1 cup tomato paste, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Chocolate chips30 grams30 grams cooking chocolate Chocolate , milk 50 grams 30 grams dark chocolate and 4 teaspoons sugar Chocolate, milk (for baking) 1 row 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon oil and 3 teaspoons sugar Chocolate chips, milk, melted and 180 grams 2 rows of dark chocolate, 2 teaspoons oil and cup sugar Chocolate, dark 30 grams 3 teaspoons cocoa and 1 teaspoon oil Cocoa 1/4 cup 30 grams chocolate Coconut milk 1 cup 1 cup whole milk Corn Syrup 1 cup 1 cup honey or 2 cup sugar and ¼ cup liquid
Ingredient | Amount* | Substitute ingredient | Cräcker crumbs cup 1 cup dry bread crumbs Coffee cream (cream, half and half) 1 cup 1 cup evaporated milk, or 7/8 cup milk and ½ tsp butter Whipped cream (cream, heavy) 1 cup ¾ cup whole milk and 1/3 cup melted butter Whipped creamCoffee milk chilled and 1 teaspoon lemon juice, whisk Egg12 teaspoons oil and 1 teaspoon water; 2 egg yolks and 1 teaspoon of water; ½ banana mashed Buttermilk 1 cup 1 cup yogurt; 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon warm milk with added 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice, let stand 5 minutes Flour (self-raising) 1 cup 1 cup all purpose flour minus 2 tablespoons, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt Flour (all purpose, regular flour) 1 cup 1 cup ground oatmeal; 1 ½ cups breadcrumbs Herbs, fresh 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon dried herbs Honey 1 cup 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water Lemon juice 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon vinegar Mayonnaise for salad 1 cup 1 cup sour cream; ½ cup yogurt and cup mayonnaise Molasses 1 cup 1 cup honey Pimento 2 tablespoons 3 tablespoons fresh red pepper chopped Sour cream 1 cup 1 cup yogurt or ¾ cup milk, ¾ teaspoon lemon juice and 1/3 cup butter Tomato juice 1 cup ½ cup tomato paste and ½ cup water Natural yogurt1 cup 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup of sour cream or 1 cup of cottage cheese
- Small note regarding the indicated quantities:1 cup corresponds to 250 ml
