I was taught to sift ps before adding it to basically anything. I am beginning to think it is only necessary for mmf and to decorate with bc icing. I am curious what everyone else does. Do you sift when making icing to cover a cake?
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75% (31)Yes, always!
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24% (10)Never bother!
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Me too! My powdered sugar, flour, salt, baking powder - even if I'm doing a doctored cake mix I sift!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
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I sift anything that will sift...
Yes, I too sift the cake mix if I use a box mix.
I sift anything that will sift...
Sunny Smiles from the Cayman Isles!
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10/30/10 at 8:18pm
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Me too! My powdered sugar, flour, salt, baking powder - even if I'm doing a doctored cake mix I sift!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
Me too! My powdered sugar, flour, salt, baking powder - even if I'm doing a doctored cake mix I sift!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
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Originally Posted by crazyladybaker
I sift anything that will sift...
Yes, I too sift the cake mix if I use a box mix.
I sift anything that will sift...
wow...someone from my most favorite place in the world! Can I be nosy and ask how long you have been there in Cayman?
We discovered your beautiful island a few years ago and have been every summer for vacation.
Want to hear something funny? I was just daydreaming today about sitting in the sand at Rum Point and watching the sunset.
Oh, I have to stop before I get all sad. Well, anyway I just wanted to say Hi to someone fortunate enough to live in such a gorgeous place.
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10/30/10 at 8:18pm
I never sifted my powder sugar for my buttercream, until about 2 months ago. At first I was really impressed because my buttercream seemed so smooth and even tasted better. But at that time I was having problems with my icing when frosting my cakes. This weekend I did a wedding cake, did not sift my powder sugar and I had very good luck with covering my cakes. I think I am just going to save myself the extra step and go back to not sifting. I do however whisk my box cake mixes.
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I've been here all my life, excluding my time away in college! My family has been in the Cayman Islands since the 1700s (thats documented at least) so I think that makes me a bonafide island girl
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I'm so glad you love it here! I always feel so proud whenever someone gives my country a compliment, and feel no way about being nosy
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I'm so glad you love it here! I always feel so proud whenever someone gives my country a compliment, and feel no way about being nosy
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wow...someone from my most favorite place in the world! Can I be nosy and ask how long you have been there in Cayman?
We discovered your beautiful island a few years ago and have been every summer for vacation.
Want to hear something funny? I was just daydreaming today about sitting in the sand at Rum Point and watching the sunset.
Oh, I have to stop before I get all sad. Well, anyway I just wanted to say Hi to someone fortunate enough to live in such a gorgeous place.
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Originally Posted by caymancake
Me too! My powdered sugar, flour, salt, baking powder - even if I'm doing a doctored cake mix I sift!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
Me too! My powdered sugar, flour, salt, baking powder - even if I'm doing a doctored cake mix I sift!
On a side note - if you sift your cake mix, you can use a sturdy whisk and the batter will come together quickly and beautiful. It'll be done before you can even get the mixer ready!
Quote:
Originally Posted by crazyladybaker
I sift anything that will sift...
Yes, I too sift the cake mix if I use a box mix.
I sift anything that will sift...
wow...someone from my most favorite place in the world! Can I be nosy and ask how long you have been there in Cayman?
We discovered your beautiful island a few years ago and have been every summer for vacation.
Want to hear something funny? I was just daydreaming today about sitting in the sand at Rum Point and watching the sunset.
Oh, I have to stop before I get all sad. Well, anyway I just wanted to say Hi to someone fortunate enough to live in such a gorgeous place.
Sunny Smiles from the Cayman Isles!
Sunny Smiles from the Cayman Isles!
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10/30/10 at 9:45pm
I know that the dear Lord was looking out for both me and my customer. I have always used a recipe for doctored cake mixes and one day I felt led to sift the mix. In that cake mix I found a large aluminum staple - the kind that is used on the plastic bags containing fruits and vegetables like oranges and potatoes. I could not believe my eyes!! From that day on I always, always always sift.
In a couple of other cake mixes I have found a hard piece of plastic about the size of my thumbnail and also a small pebble. I have been baking cakes on and off for 32 years and I certainly don't want to be responsible for paying someones Doctor or dental bill. Better safe than sorry. So, I most definitely ALWAYS sift (including the P Sugar). If it can fit in my sifter - I throw it in there!! Whatever doesn't sift through gets thrown in the trash.
In a couple of other cake mixes I have found a hard piece of plastic about the size of my thumbnail and also a small pebble. I have been baking cakes on and off for 32 years and I certainly don't want to be responsible for paying someones Doctor or dental bill. Better safe than sorry. So, I most definitely ALWAYS sift (including the P Sugar). If it can fit in my sifter - I throw it in there!! Whatever doesn't sift through gets thrown in the trash.
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10/30/10 at 9:46pm
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10/30/10 at 10:42pm
OK, OK, I'll sift! Sheeez..... It is just so enormously easier to just snip off a corner of the 4 lb. C&H bag and gently pour into my KA.
Now, HOW to you sift? A medium aluminum strainer over a bowl that is tapped?
An actual hand held sifter? How big? What kind of handle? turn handle or squeeze?
How do you get your sifted 4 lbs. of powdered sugar into your KA without getting it all over the kitchen?
Now, HOW to you sift? A medium aluminum strainer over a bowl that is tapped?
An actual hand held sifter? How big? What kind of handle? turn handle or squeeze?
How do you get your sifted 4 lbs. of powdered sugar into your KA without getting it all over the kitchen?
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