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>Is there a specific ratio and method for substituting confectioners sugar
>for regular table sugar in baking or in iced tea? For information purposes For beverages as long as you can disperse it properly it will behave and taste similarly like normal table sugar. In fact the finer particle size ( as long as its not lumpy before you use it) will allow it to dissolve faster than coarser sugar for beverage and other sweetening application. For baking if you make cakes such as batter types where you blend the sugar with fat initially, it has inferior performance than the fine granulated or caster sugar as it does not allow the fat to entrap air bubbles well during the creaming process. If that is the case you had to add slightly more baking powder in order to get the same results ( cake volume)as fine granulated sugar. Even in sponges, it does not whip as good as the normal sugar due to the same reason.. In addition it will just dissolve in the aqueous phase of the eggs instead of helping in air bubble entrapment and stabilization in the egg foam. . Regarding ratio, Vox is right the starch filler is only within the 3% range and not any higher. Therefore for every 100 grams of powdered sugar you have 97 grams of sucrose and 3 grams of filler not significant enough to alter ingredient balance in the low ratio cake recipe; but can be noticeable for high ratio cake formulation.. If you want to use it in equivalent basis in terms of sucrose concentration better use more powdered sugar than normal fine granulated sugar. BTW, For cookies, the product with powdered sugar does not spread very well and your cookies appear to have restricted product volume/ Finally , >I ran out of regular sugar... >gotta run to the store, but since I have this confectioner's sugar around >here... >can it be done? You have two option, either , to satisfy your curiosity by playing with it or stretch your legs and run to the nearest store! Roy |
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