making caster sugar

[Valeriea]

Hi, Has anybody had success making caster sugar from granulated? I tried in a liquidizer and broke the motor.It cost nearly 200 euros to repair.I bake alot of cakes and if some manufacturer came up with a product that can do it,it would save alot of money in time! What do you all think?

[sandyRoe]

Would it not be cheaper just to buy it? It couldn't cost much more than the ordinary stuff.

[rowanwitch]

didn't think there was much difference in cost between caster and granulated... but have done small quantities in a coffee grinder rather than a liquidiser so a commercial type grinder would probably do the job quite well as sugar is no where near as hard as coffee beans

[pastafreak]

Sandy-Valeriea lives outside the UK if I am not mistaken,so caster sugar may not be available to her.

[EDDIE51]

I've made cakes with granulated sugar just takes a little longer to mix,comes out the same. If you use an electric mixer whats the diffrence ?

[B00]

What about a pestle and mortar?

[rowanwitch]

How about negotiating with your local coffee bar for a bit of grinding for a small payment

[EDDIE51]

You can get 25kg bags of all types of sugar , flour and other ingredients from cash and carry or commercial suppliers, it works out much cheaper and most offer free delivery . They will sell to anyone not just restaurants etc, though you may have to set up an account. There are 1,000s of them all over the place.

[jamesnan]

I frequently make it in a coffee type grinder, make a batch, and store it in a jar.

[vodkancoke]

I have a Bamix which I can use. I believe a coffee grinder would work too.

[jomifl]

Since caster sugar and granulated suger are chemically the same and both end up being dissolved then the only issue is, as Eddie said, that it takes a little longer. So just let the mixture rest for ten minutes after the initial mixing, a lot easier and probably quicker than trying to grind it up.

[woofgang]

If you really need to make the grains smaller, put it in a strong plastic bag and roll it with a rolling pin. I find that granulated sugar seems to be finer these days anyway. be careful trying to grind it down, one pulse too far and you end up with icing sugar.

[Valeriea]

You are right Pastafreak I live in Athens but I'm returning to England next year. I remember when I was back home the caster sugar was more expensive than the granulated. By the way what is the price for caster sugar and do supermarkets do own brands of it?

[pastafreak]

Tesco does own brand unrefined golden caster sugar @ 1.99 per kg,as does Sainsbury's (for a bit more)

http://www.mysupermar...r_sugar_in_tesco.html

[heathfield]

Not much difference in price? Hah! Tesco...Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar, 98p per kg. Silver Spoon Caster Sugar, £1.99 per kg. That's twice as much. Can't understand the price difference but the term 'rip-off' springs to mind. Recently I've found that Whitworths Granulated Sugar seems to have much smaller grains than from other manufacturers. In fact, some of the Whitworths sugar is quite dust-like.

[LyndaB]

I just use ordinary granulated sugar and no-one's complained yet.