vinegar in cake?

[soup_lover_9]

Hi everyone. One of my students gave the following recipe (under the cut) for making a cake (copied exactly as she wrote it, typos and bad grammar included). Does anyone know if this is an actual cake recipe, or if it's something similar to cake? Because I've never heard of a cake recipe call for vinegar, or one that's made on the stove...unless

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[rhiannon_666]

Vinegar is really common in baked goods, particularly those with baking soda - the vinegar helps to produce carbon dioxide during the baking process, giving batters a lot of lift as they bake.

You won't taste the vinegar at all. :]

[arrietty]

There you go, should have read the comments first :)

[soup_lover_9]

Thanks for the explanation! Does the vinegar not leave a taste at all then, or is it because the amount so small, the other ingredients cover the flavor?

Also, do you what kind of vinegar to use?

[browngirl]

It's because the amount is so small. I've used light-colored vinegar such as rice or wine vinegar in such preparations.

[soup_lover_9]

ty :)

[rhiannon_666]

You can use any vinegar you like (you can even sub lemon juice in as it does a similar thing), but if you don't want it to affect the colour stick with white vinegar. The only exception is balsamic vinegar - I would only use that if the recipe specifically calls for it.