Best butter substitute?

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

I am a vegan I'm going to attempt a Christmas cake this weekend and can't use butter. Should I substitute the butter with margarine, or a solid fat like Cookeen?

[espanol]

Margarine but not a cheap one.

[espanol]

By which I mean not the baking margarines like stork - my mum used those for a while but found that flora etc are better tasting in cakes.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Thank you :-) I will just use my usual eating margarine :-)

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Good! :) That's what i have :)

[espanol]

Oh yes that's the one - couldn't remember the name but used it in a cake for friend's dairy intolerant DS and I was impressed with the taste!

[TellMeLater]

I'd use a non flavoured oil - margarine is horrid stuff.

[PoppadomPreach]

I agree with TellMeLater - I have used groundnut oil in cakes which worked well (and it does not have a strong flavour which is good)

[BloooCowWonders]

Pure is good but cakes don't rise with it as they do with butter. But for a Christmas cake it shouldn't matter.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

M&S dairy free sunflower spread. It's pretty good in cooking better than the others I've tried.

[midori1999]

Block stork is dairy free, not sure if it's vegan though? It's different to tub stork and has a higher fat content, so works more like butter in a cake, although it obviously doesn't taste like butter.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

I think stork contains fish oils