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Title: Review of making castor sugar
Post by: judydawn on December 16, 2009, 06:12:49 am

I decided to make my own castor sugar today for the first time so followed the instructions on page 6 in the Summary Table of the EDC.  The time stated almost turned it into icing sugar so I made another lot and adjusted the time and speed downwards to make perfect castor sugar.  Try 2 seconds on speed 8 and not that stated in the book. Was it just me or have others found this too.

Title: Re: Review of making castor sugar
Post by: I Love Bimby! on December 16, 2009, 08:27:17 am

Good work JD. I was told 5 seconds - but it looks like icing sugar anyway. So now I just make icing sugar - figure it should't affect the recipe too much.

Thank you for testing  :-*

Title: Re: Review of making castor sugar
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on December 16, 2009, 10:32:56 am

I normally do about 3 seconds on speed 8 with raw sugar and 5 seconds on speed 8 with rapadura.  The end result seems to vary depending on how sharp my blades are.  :)

Title: Re: Review of making castor sugar
Post by: Thermomixer on December 16, 2009, 12:55:31 pm

Thanks JD - yes, it doesn't take long at all - fortunately there aren't many instances where you couldn't use the icing style sugar in recipes.

It is harder to get all the dust out if you  make icing sugar though.

Title: Re: Review of making castor sugar
Post by: judydawn on December 16, 2009, 01:02:08 pm

I made 3 batches of the castor sugar to fill up my container - has got to be cheaper than buying it ready made.  I agree, icing sugar is messy, fluffy stuff that gets up your nose so I do prefer to work with castor sugar if that what the recipe calls for.