http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/10/09/apple-cake/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/10/09/apple-cake/#comment-10059 Denise Lincoln Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:50:32 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/10/09/apple-cake/#comment-10059 Many quick cakes use oil to moisten batters and also provide the needed fat for baking. My carrot cake recipe does the same thing. I think you could cream butter instead, if you'd like, ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/10/09/apple-cake/#comment-10052 sara no h. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:12:23 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/10/09/apple-cake/#comment-10052 That's the second time now that I've seen the instruction to mix vegetable oil with sugar and other wet ingredients before mixing the dry ones into it - can someone tell me what the benefit ...