confectioners sugar

Icing's fine powder

Confectioners sugar is granulated sugar ground to a fine powder, mixed with a small amount of cornstarch to prevent clumping.

It dissolves instantly, making it ideal for icings, frostings, and dusting baked goods: She sifted confectioners sugar over the brownies.

Also called powdered sugar or icing sugar.

baking

frosting

Sweet cake covering

buttercream · royal icing · ganache · fondant · meringue · whipped cream · cake decorating · pastry cream · cinnamon rolls · donuts

texture

powdery

Reduced to fine particles

  • fineAcceptable in quality
  • siftedPassed through a strainer
  • silkySmooth and lustrous

smooth · light · airy · fluffy · dissolving · delicate · dusty · superfine · pulverized

dusting

sifter

Fine-mesh separating tool

cocoa powder · cinnamon · template · lace pattern · doily · presentation · garnish · sprinkle · light coating · finishing touch

sweetener

sucrose

Glucose-fructose disaccharide

divinity · truffles · no-bake cookies · lemonade · smoothness

Categories
Opposites
sugar texture/granularity

confectioners sugargranulated sugar

Refined crystalline sweetening agent

coarse sugar · rock sugar · turbinado sugar · raw sugar · sanding sugar

degree of processing/refinement

confectioners sugarraw sugar

Minimally processed cane crystals

turbinado sugar · jaggery · piloncillo · muscovado · molasses

Family

confection, confectioner, confectioners, confections, confect, confected, confecting, sugar, sugars

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G