A good oil for cake baking?

[maggiethecat]

I'm not a fan of the taste of oil in baking but find that it's best for a moist chocolate cake.

Which is a good one to use, maybe with a neutral taste?

Groundnut oil is the one I use in cakes. Tasteless.

sounds good. is that readily available or is it more specialty type?

Rapeseed oil (usually labelled as vegetable oil) is flavourless.

I generally use the same (not at all fancy) EV olive oil I use for everything else. Combined with wholemeal flour it makes the most luscious, moist, rich cakes. It takes a little trial and error to adapt measurements from butter; somewhere between half to two thirds is usually okay, and less is better. I find butter in cakes a bit weird now.

I’ve not had any trouble finding groundnut oil in supermarkets.

rice bran oil is great when you dont want any flavour coming though, good for you too

Rapeseed or odour free coconut

I used rapeseed a few times and it tasted great.

@ShatnersBaboon

Rapeseed oil (usually labelled as vegetable oil) is flavourless.

No it isn't, sorry. It really isnt. I can't bear the taste of rapeseed oil.

I have used corn oil in baking and it has a horrible, harsh taste. My go to oil for baking is light olive oil.

Light olive oil or rice bran.

Quick stop at the shops yesterday and found some rapeseed oil. Will give it a go

Chocolate cake was nice and moist and could not taste the rapeseed oil (used a good quality cold compressed one).

Thanks all for your suggestions!