Icing Sugar

Icing sugar is called Confectioners' Sugar or Powdered Sugar in the United States.

It's a commercial product that is very hard to make at home. Sugar is pounded and ground by machines into a very fine white powder. Cornstarch is then added (up to 3% of the overall weight of the sugar) to stop the sugar from caking or clumping. In Australia, cornstarch is not added. Australia also has also flavoured icing sugars.

In Scandinavian countries, potato starch (up to 2%) is used in place of the cornstarch.

It is used primarily for making icings and frostings, and for dusting baked goods with.

10x Powdered Sugar

You may also see varieties labelled 4x and 10x; this is really fine, and really, really fine. The numbers refer to how many times the sugar has been ground. Though the 10x is slightly easier to whip, you can use either interchangeably. To dust something with icing sugar, put the icing sugar first in a strainer or tea strainer, and then shake gently the strainer over the object you want to dust.You can try making your own by pulverizing 1 cup of white sugar (8oz / 225g) with 1 tbsp corn starch in a blender until powdery. You'll want to stop and stir often. This will do in a pinch, but will never replicate exactly what the mills in a factory can do. (And a coffee or spice grinder does no better).

In a recipe (but not for icing or frosting), you can substitute white sugar at the ratio of 1 cup (8oz / 225g) of white sugar for every 1 3/4 cups (12 oz / 350g) Icing Sugar.

7 oz = 200g = 1 cup

4 oz = 2/3 cup = 115g
2 oz = 60g = 5 tablespoons
1 pound = 450g = 3 3/4 cups
1 oz Icing Sugar = 30g = 2 1/2 tablespoons

Store in a sealed container indefinitely.

Also called:

Other entries for: Icing Sugar
Icing Sugar, Unrefined Icing Sugar

Other entries for: Sugar
Aspartame, Brown Sugar, Chinese Sugar, Date Sugar, Dextrose, Erythritol, Frosting, Fructose, Gelling Sugar, Granulated Sugar, Invert Sugar, Lavender Sugar, Malt Sugar, Raw Sugar, Rosemary Sugar, Sanding Sugar, Snow White Sugar, Sparkling Sugar

Other entries for: Sweeteners
Amasake, Honey, Sorbitol, Stevia, Syrups, Xylitol

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