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can i make icing without icing sugar?
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WantToBeSE
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i have just made a nice sponge and was going to make a choc buttercream icing to go on top, but i have no icing sugar!
Can i use granulated instead, as thats all i have?
Or should i make something else to put on top-any ideas?
i was thinking a lemon drizzle to pour over, but i have no lemons (but i do have squeezy lemon juice)!
Can i use granulated instead, as thats all i have?
Or should i make something else to put on top-any ideas?
i was thinking a lemon drizzle to pour over, but i have no lemons (but i do have squeezy lemon juice)!
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google 7 minute frosting - that uses granulated sugar and is kind of meringue-y
also swiss meringue buttercream is the most amazing icing ever and uses granulated sugar. Quite a faff to make though
Oh and one final oe - my kids say this taste like not cold icecream!!
http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2010/03/a-tasty-recipe-thats-the-best-frosting-ive-ever-had/People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Mascarpone cheese would make a carrot cake type topping if you have some.0
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If you whizz granulated up it in the food processor it becomes icing sugar.
Or just make lemon drizzle with what you have got.If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.0 -
If you have a jug blender you can make icing sugar using granulated.0
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unfortunately i havent got a processor or blender to make icing sugar myself
nor do i have any Mascarpone cheese to hand. I also need to fill the middle with something...think i may just pop out to tesco and get some icing sugar!!0 -
Jam................................make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
oooh, the idea of chocolate buttercream frosting was just too much to resist, so i went and got some icing sugar.
Well worth changing out of my PJs for
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thanks for the help though everyone.0 -
I used to make buttercream icing as per the Cranks Cookbook, which was all wholefoods, so no icing sugar. It used butter beaten up with soft brown muscavado sugar & tasted lovely. Dieting for the past couple of years though, so haven't made it for ages........sighs.......2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 5.9kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)0 -
I make buttercream with granulated sometimes! Just comes out extra thick.
Similar to this: http://thebakingpan.com/recipes/frosting/vanilla-buttercream-frosting.html
You can use this to work out what "cups" are
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