If you plan to add food coloring, like for purple lavender syrup, or if you want to make a light-colored infusion, such as pretty, pale peach syrup, then you should stick to white sugar. Water Water is the second ingredient. Just as with sugar, the water you use can make a big di...
Next time you go for coffee or tea at a cafe, check out the sugar options. There may be white sugar, brown sugar, sugar “in the raw”, honey and perhaps even sugar syrup. When it comes to sweetening your coffee or tea, they’ll all do the trick. But when it comes to cooking a...
Simple syrup is a mixture of sugar and water that have been boiled together. This sweet mixture can be used to sweeten coffee drinks or cocktails, it is also commonly used to keep cakes moist and to candy citrus peels. Simple syrup is a standard component in a baker or cook’s arsenal....
How to make your cupcakes moist and fluffy: If you want your cupcakes to stay moist for longer, brush your cooled sponges with a simple sugar syrup made from two parts granulated sugar to one part boiling water. After you’ve added the sugar syrup, top the cupcakes with your buttercream ...
Whilst the cake is cooling make the vanilla syrup by heating together the sugar and vanilla in a pan until all of the sugar has dissolved. Step 6 Carefully poke holes in the top of your sponges and pour over some of the syrup allowing the sponge to soak it up. Step 7 To make the...
Simple syrup is a 1:1 ratio of sugar to water for a basic syrup. A rich simple syrup, most often used in cocktails is 2:1 or 1.5:1. For this passion fruit simple I use a 1:1 and add in passion fruit juice. The juice you add for this doesn't count towards the water amount....
Rose syrup is perfect forcocktail recipesand non-alcoholic drinks. Just replace the sugar syrup with this rose syrup. This is the best homemade rose syrup to make falooda (rose syrup milkshake). Use this rose syrup to sweeten lemonade for a refreshing rose lemonade!
I love how smooth it looks on cakes, plus it’s so much fun to mold cute cake decorations. Here is a round up of some amazing fondant recipes and tips for how to use and decorate a cake with fondant. It’s really quite simple to make fondant icing from scratch!
Keep an eye on the heat, and stir your syrup until all granulated sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and when cool enough to handle, pour into glass jar with lid. Risks and Side Effects At the end of the day, invert sugar is no better for your health than standard table sugar. In ...
Keep your burger cake moist by using simple syrup for the cake layers. Simple syrup is made by combining one cup of water with one cup of granulated white sugar. Bring both to a low boil on the stovetop and let it reduce by half. Add one teaspoon of pure vanilla extract. Let this mi...