Salted or unsalted butter best for baking?

Answer 1

Regular butter will make your food taste slightly saltier, but can usually be used in place of unsalted butter.

In many baked items the proportion of ingredients has a direct effect on the finished product. Not just the flavor. The interaction of salt and sugar with leavening agents such as yeast and with the gluten in the flour can affect the rise of the product and the finished texture. Baking is a science. A small change in proportion can have a big effect.

Answer 2

Buttercream frosting is a dessert recipe and in general, you should use unsalted butter for dessert recipes. If you feel like you need salt in a recipe, you can always add it later.

It's important to use the best quality butter you can find for making buttercream frosting, you'll be able to taste the difference!

Answer 3

of course! it really just depends on a person's taste.

If you want it saltier tasting you can use salted butter or just simply add a 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

But if you use salted butter, don't add too much salt!

Answer 4

salted butter has salt and unsalted has no salt

Answer 5

unsalted butter better for taste. If you use salted butter, adjust salt amount for recipe.

Answer 6

No because if you are making cupcakes and you substitute salted butter and unsalted butter its going to make them really salty and not good! Hope this helps!