It can be used as a lubricant to make the pastry non-sticky. Also if is used to apply a healthy source of fat (this doesn`t make you fat) to you pastry. And is a natural glue when combined with eggs. Hope this helps.
Texture, moistness, richness, binding agent. Preservative.
itis used to burn or help thefood cook more and sometimes to put more carbs in it
The purpose of baking is to make yummy food so no one is hungry
Margarine is a butter substitute. In baking, I do not substitute margarine unless the receipe calls for it such as "1 cup butter or margarine". There are a lot of older receipes that call for butter, and are just plain tastier with the real stuff.
Its helps it rise by creating C02 with acids in the cake batter
very rare only when you are baking something that has to have peanut butter in it. EX:peanut butter cookies
Well, you could, but why would you want to? I don't see what purpose that would serve.
Butter cakes rely on leavening agents such as baking powder, baking soda, or yeast
Baking-wise it will work,but the butter may taste better.
It has calories.
Baking and cleaning.
Lard or Margarine
In addition to providing consistent coloring, bleaching improved the condition of the flour gluten, which in turn improved its baking quality
The functions of butter is a dairy product that can be spread on bread (sandwiches, toast, scones) or used in baking cakes (though margarine is more likely to be used, depending on the recipe).