C&H Cane Powdered Sugar?!
Answers: Just wondering if anyone knows where I can buy this cane sugar powdered formula... I am from canada.
the formula? or just the powdered sugar?
icing sugar is the same thing just without the brand C&H name.
It is a blend of finely ground sugar and corn starch. Corn starch to keep it from clumping.
in america here its available at local grocery stores
It is regional...I cannot always find it everywhere (I have lived in all biomes of this state) in Texas..Yet in Kansas when I was growing up, it was all we had.
It's also known as confectioner's sugar.
You say you are "from Canada" but not where you live. In the USA there are 2 primary brands of cane sugar. Domino's brand is found in the Eastern USA and C&H is found in the Western USA. The demarcation line is blurred but is around the Mississippi River. I have lived on both coasts and used both brands. Neither brand is superior to the other. Most of Domino's cane sugar comes from the Carribean and most of C&H comes from Hawaii.
Trivia notes: Any product not labeled as "pure cane sugar" is beet sugar. Most of the powdered sugar sold in the USA (usually labeled as Confectioners Sugar) is blended w/ corn starch to reduce caking. This is true whether it is cane or beet sugar. Most people cannot tell the difference between the 2 sugars, but discerning cooks, especially bakers and icers, prefer pure cane sugar. There is a difference between the sugars. Sugar molecules (Sucrose chemically) are made of 1 molecule of glucose and 1 molecule of fructose. When the sugar is refined both cane and beet sugar have surplus fructose molecules. Cane sugar has more surplus fructose than beet sugar and for the sensitive palate is sweeter tasting because fructose is about 1/4 sweeter tasting than glucose. There will also be some textural difference between cane sugar and beet sugar cakes, icing, etc, because fructose is more hydrophillic (water loving) than glucose. But, as I said before, few people will notice the difference.
you can actually make your own if you want. take regular granulated sugar and put it in the food processor and pulse it bunch of times. you should be able to find it pretty much in any food store. it is also sometimes called confectionar's sugar. you don't actually need to buy the C&H brand. That is just one brand name that comes from Hawaii.