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Encyclopedia > Powdered sugar
Confectioner's sugar

Powdered sugar (in Britain, Australia, Canada, and most of the Commonwealth icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioner's sugar. In industrial food production it is used where a quick dissolving sugar is required or as in domestic use principally to make icing or frosting, and other cake decorations. It is often lightly dusted onto a baked good to add light sweetness and subtle decoration. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1924x1308, 1412 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Powdered sugar Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1924x1308, 1412 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Powdered sugar Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Magnification of grains of sugar, showing their monoclinic hemihedral crystalline structure. ... This cake has an icing made with sour cream. ... This cake has an icing made with sour cream. ... Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing and other edible decorative elements to transform otherwise plain cakes into colorful and festive works of art. ...


It is generally mixed with cornstarch or wheat flour, or calcium phosphate to improve its flowing ability and is not generally used to sweeten a beverage, but producers do make industrial grades available without additives. Products treated with cornstarch Cornstarch, or cornflour, is the starch of the maize grain, commonly known as corn. ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... For other uses, see Flour (disambiguation). ... Calcium phosphate is the name given to a family of minerals containing calcium ions (Ca2+) together with orthophosphates (PO43-), metaphosphates or pyrophosphates (P2O74-) and occasionally hydrogen or hydroxide ions. ...


Caster sugar, generally unavailable in the United States, is a larger particle size approximately half or less in size of granulated.


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Powdered sugar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (171 words)
Powdered sugar (in Britain, Australia and most of the Commonwealth icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioner's sugar.
Caster sugar, generally unavailable in the United States, is a larger particle size approximately half or less in size of granulated.
Powdered sugar is made from milling, and selective sieving of granulated sugar.
Beesource Forums: Powdered Sugar for Mite Control (1662 words)
The first powder sugar was off the shelf at the market and it was so fine and powdery, I would not have even thought to sift it.
I can't find powdered sugar in a store and confectioners sugar has cornstarch in it that I was told is deadly on bees.
Starch free powdered sugar(piping sugar) is available and is commonly used by wedding cake makers.Take a look at the photo for details,you should not have to much trouble tracking down starch free if you phone around cake makers or sugar refineries.We use it for making queen candy.
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