On How to make icing sugar at home I am going to teach you how to make your own icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar, powdered sugar, icing sugar, snow sugar, powdered sugar or icing sugar), so that you can decorate your desserts in a very easy and they really look pretty.
Nowadays, getting it in large supermarkets is very simple due to the increase in demand for pastry products, for this reason its price is much more expensive than that of common sugar. It is such an expensive ingredient that you can avoid if you know how to make it yourself. The truth is that it is completely simple and you only need common sugar and starch. And now you ask yourself, where do I get the starch? very simple, surely you have a package of cornstarch in the kitchen, as this matter is already solved.
There are times when you decide to make a sweet and it turns out that you do not have any icing sugar and it is impossible to replace it with normal sugar, but since you already know how to prepare it because you have read this recipe, it will not be any problem and you will be able to prepare that sweetness that you have in mind.
How to make icing sugar at home: video recipe
Ingredients:
- 200 gr of common sugar
- 6 gr of cornstarch
How to make icing sugar at home: step by step
The first thing is to mix the sugar with the cornstarch and grind everything little by little at maximum power as much as possible. You stop the mincer, stir and spray again until it reaches the point that you like the most.
Once you have all the crushed sugar as fine as possible, you have to aerate the mixture so that it does not become excessively caked.
Sift several times to make it as loose as possible.
My tips and tricks
- For every 100 grams of sugar you need 3 grams of starch or cornstarch.
- The starch is put so that it absorbs the moisture from the sugar and does not cake. It is used as an anti-caking agent.
- Apart from the grinder you can use a blender, a coffee grinder or the thermomix.
- You can also sift it with a fine mesh strainer.
- This icing sugar can be used to decorate cakes , cakes , cookies , meringue to make it softer …
Final score
What do you think? Are you willing to prepare icing sugar at home from now on? I hope so because you will see the savings that you will have to prepare it with your own hands.