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Hi there, any idea if I can use milk instead of butter milk? Thanks

HI there, I have used normal milk instead of buttermilk for some recipes and it seems to have worked out fine.. you can turn normal milk into buttermilk though by adding vinegar or lemon juice and letting it sit for 5 minutes to curdle. I think it’s 20mls of vinegar to 90 mls of milk, but I’m not 100% sure of the ratio.. if someone else can correct me here, that would be great.. 🙂

Thank you so much 🙂

Hi. If I’m not mistaken you would use buttermilk when using baking soda and regular milk when using baking powder. Has to do with the chemical reactions which enable the cake to rise. If you only have regular milk and need buttermilk just add a little lemon juice or vinegar and wait a few minutes for the milk to curdle.