Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

zippychick

zippychick wrote: »

Can anyone help? I have bought royal icing sugar unstead of normal icing sugar. It's to make a cream cheese topping for a carrot cake. Will it work like normal icing sugar? Terribly silly question me feels, but I genuinely didn't notice when i bought it.

it's this only it says royal icing sugar

I suspect it may be ok but don't want to waste precious ingredients

HELPPPPPP!

anyone?

hmmm the royal stuff has dried egg white in so im guessing would give a completely differnt texture, Boo. Unless anyone can tell me any different?

its this

suzybloo

Hi Zippy

I am wondering if you could try a little bit and see how it goes - it may 'set' slightly? Otherwise do you have a food processor that you could blast granulated sugar to smithereens with? There is nothing worse that setting out to make something and finding you have the wrong stuff!!!! Just a suggestion!

zippychick

suzybloo wrote: »

Hi Zippy

I am wondering if you could try a little bit and see how it goes - it may 'set' slightly? Otherwise do you have a food processor that you could blast granulated sugar to smithereens with? There is nothing worse that setting out to make something and finding you have the wrong stuff!!!! Just a suggestion!

thanks for the response. It was for my Mums birthday and i really couldn't risk it going wrong, so i counted out how much it cost in two p pieces:o, and went and got proper icing sugar just in case. Thanks , i do appreciate your help

Savvy_Sue

:rotfl: at the 2p pieces, hope the shop keeper was pleased!

Sorry you didn't get a response in time, I'd have said it would make it harder and more set than normal icing sugar, you'll have to try it on something which doesn't matter and let us all know ...

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zippychick

Dont worry not a silly q at all - heres a thread discussing this very situation x

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