Decorating sugar is used to add sweetness and color to baked goods like cakes and muffins. It can also be used to create patterns on top of cakes and cookies. It’s easy to make at home by adding food coloring to sugar in a plastic bag.
Decorating sugar is a product mainly used on baked goods such as cakes and muffins to add sweetness to the dish and also to add colour. It’s quite common for this type of colored sugar to be sprinkled on cakes that are already covered with icing. There are dozens of decorative sugar colors that can be used to match or stand out against the color of the icing that tops the baked goods. Depending on the skill of the pastry chef, sugar decoration can also be used to create patterns on the tops of cakes and cupcakes.
The cases where the decorating sugar is not used in conjunction with the icing are usually with the cookies. Sugar cookies, for example, can be coated in decorating sugar to create a splash of color on top of the cookies or even to create a shape. For example, sugar cookies made for the Christmas holidays can be topped with green colored sugar that is arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. Sugar cookies made for Valentine’s Day can be topped with red or pink sugar — or a blend of the two — that’s arranged in the shape of a heart.
In order to get the decorating sugar to stick to the cookies, it’s best to add it to the tops of the cookies while they’re freshly baked and still warm. Unlike iced cakes and cupcakes, cookies don’t have a goo on the top that will hold the sugar in place. As such, the sugar should be added when the cookies are still warm enough so that the crystals can become lightly incorporated into the tops.
Decorating sugar can be purchased at most grocery stores, but it’s also quite easy to make at home. Simply fill a clean plastic bag with the desired amount of sugar and add a few drops of food coloring. For custom colors, you can add a few different colors of food coloring.
Knead the plastic bag with the sugar inside until the sugar has absorbed the food coloring and has a uniform color. To make this process as easy as possible, be sure to add the drops of food coloring to different areas of the plastic bag so the color doesn’t concentrate in one area. Homemade decorative sugar can be stored just like regular sugar.
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