Would peanut oil be an adequate subsitute for vegetable oil?!

Would peanut oil be an adequate subsitute for vegetable oil?

I want to bake a cake - and peanut oil is all we have here at the house. Will it work just as well as vegetable oil or will it leave some sort of aftertaste?

Peanut oil *is* vegetable oil.

Peanut oil is mostly used for frying, because it's generally more expensive than other vegetable oils. With the exception of olive oil, virtually all quality vegetable oils are tasteless. While peanut oil has a slightly higher viscosity than soybean oil or canola oil, it is lighter than corn oil, and corn oil works fine in cake recipes.

It takes an *awful* lot of oil to make cake - or any baked good - greasy. (Donuts are greasy because they are fried.) The major effect of the oil is to make the baked goods "moister".

You can also use solid fats. Lard will give a greasy taste, although not a greasy feel, because it's solid at the 98.6F in your mouth. Butter is only 80% fat, so use 5 ounces of butter (a stick is 4 ounces) to replace 4 ounces of liquid oil, and 1 ounce of water. (Of course, you don't want to use margarine or creamed shortening, because they contain trans fats.)