Foolproof baking: 25 secrets revealed so you never mess up

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Don't replace softened butter with melted butter and vice versa

It might be quite tempting to do this, but you should know that melted butter yields a more elastic texture to cakes, while softened butter makes it more crumbly. For shortbread pastries and cookies, melted butter will potentially leave them flat like crepes, which is not at all the end result you're looking for.