Question On Recipe, Help Please!

Decorating By zoboo2 Updated 22 Apr 2007 , 11:34pm by LaSombra

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zoboo2 Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 5:58pm
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On Duff's french butter cream recipe it calls for 15 oz of sugar. Is that granulated sugar or confectioners sugar? I would guess granulated but I want to make sure and I have to make this frosting later today.
Thanks for the help!!!!

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crumbscakeartistry Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:02pm
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See I would say confectioners sugar since it needs to be fine sugar to make a smooth icing. Can you pm someone that made the icing already?

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dandelion Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:02pm
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there's a giant thread on this recipe somewhere here..but yes, it's granulated

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dandelion Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:04pm
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playingwithsugar Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:05pm
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No, it is most definitely granulated sugar.

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crumbscakeartistry Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:15pm
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Wow I feel dumb now. Sorry for the bad advice. Glad you got the right recipe before you listened to me.

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playingwithsugar Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 6:19pm
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Hey, you tried, right? That's what we're supposed to be here for, to help each other, isn't it? That's what counts most.

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LaSombra Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 7:01pm
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since you cook the sugar to make a syrup, it doesn't need to be fine like powdered sugar.

I have a recipe that calls for granulated sugar and it's not cooked but I always put the sugar in the blender first and it works really well.

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KoryAK Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 7:29pm
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Pretty much anytime a recipe says "sugar" its going to mean granulated. Same as "butter" means salted. Those are the most common items, so anything different will be listed.

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playingwithsugar Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 11:31pm
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In the recipe referenced above, the sugar does not get cooked.

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LaSombra Posted 22 Apr 2007 , 11:34pm
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In the recipe referenced above, the sugar does not get cooked.

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sorry, should have read it firsticon_razz.gif I assumed since it was a meringue buttercream that it would be cooked.

It's good to blend the sugar in the blender to make it finer though. That's what I do with my whipped frosting and it's alot less grainy.

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