Any bakers in here? Can I substitute milk for water in a boxed cake mix?

[grannylib]

I have a lot of milk I have to use up before it goes bad, and I've already made two boxes of pudding...

[JBoy]

1. Yes - should be no problem to substitute milk for water.

[grannylib]

2. Thanks! I baked a coffee cake too, and that took 1.5 cups, but

I still have some left! :hi:

[The Straight Story]

3. Try using beer instead

Cheaper than milk and bakes up nice...

Ok, don't listen to me at all. I suck at cooking unless it is on a grill.

[grannylib]

4. I could, but the milk is about to go bad (it expires tomorrow) and I

HATE drinking the stuff, so I'm trying to get rid of it. I made two boxes of pudding and a coffee cake and I'll be using some more for the glaze for the cake and I'm going to bake the box cake mix I have and freeze that, and I hope that will use it all up! Because I'm out of Weetabix :-)

[kath]

10. Milk should be fine for at least a few days after the expiration date - as long as it smells OK and

isn't curdled, you're totally fine.

Also, FWIW, some recipes *call* for sour milk. Plenty of old-timey type recipes, from back in the days before big electric refrigerators, call for it.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. sour milk, sour cream and buttermilk all make excellent cakes. and use the milk

you will have a moister cake

[SOteric]

5. Yeppers, it should work fine.

Just about any liquid, as long as it's not extremely acidic, should work fine.

[grannylib]

8. Thanks! I'm going to have so much stuff to take to work to share

this week - holy cats, I need to get it all out of the house SOMEHOW or I'm gonna burst at the seams *lol*

[grasswire]

6. have you thought about making some soup?

Potato corn chowder? Something like that?

[grannylib]

7. Oh, now you've given me an idea! I have leftover chicken I was going

to use in some kind of casserole with rice and veggies; I'll make a white sauce with some parmesan or something for it...
Thanks! :hi:

[grasswire]

9. curry

you can make a lovely chicken curry to serve over rice.

[wain]

11. Try applesauce!

You will be pleasantly surprised.

[grannylib]

12. I did actually use applesauce in the coffee cake I made; turned out great!

But I was able to use up a lot of the milk as well, so that was good!

[lost-in-nj]

14. I had someone use

club soda instead of water
for a Pistachio cake


just a thought!!



lost

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Yes, that substitution will work fine. What you can't do is substitute water for milk.

But milk for water is fine in the cake - will help make it a little richer, though not a lot.

Someone else mentioned soup - that's a good use of the milk. Make a chowder or nice creamy asparagus, which is now in season and yummy.