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Can You Substitute Water for Milk When Baking a Cake?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Carrie Cross

You have all been there. You’ve started the recipe, but when you go to the refrigerator to get the milk, someone else has gotten to it before you. Do you drop everything and run to the store or is substitution a possibility?