Cane sugar is not as much a preservative as a sweetener stripped of all nutrient values.
Nothing, it is not used as a preservative in bread. to preserve bread is preservative not the sugar.
Salt is used to preserve food along with adding taste.
In my opinion, salt is one of the LEAST frightening things used to preserve convenience foods. In my experience, salt is used more for taste these days and chemical means are used to preserve.
sugar is used to preserve fruits either in syrup with fruit such as apples,pears,peaches and apricots
Also a taste of sugar !
The sugar dissolves in the water and you taste the sugar
Common preservatives used at home include salt, vinegar, and citrus juice.
the sugar is added to cakes to make it taste sweeter and let other things in cake feed on it.
Both sugar and salt can preserve equally well and have been used as preservatives since bygone days. Salt is better used to preserve meat while sugar would do well as a preservative for fruits.
Powdered sugar makes for a lighter texture and flavor when used in making cookies. However, more powdered sugar than granular sugar has to be used to obtain a sweeter taste. Also, powdered sugar is used on top of sugar cookies, sprinkled, to create a design/decoration, and to give the taste buds the initial enjoyment when one first bites into the cookie.
The sugar dissolves in the water and you taste the sugar
I am pretty sure they taste sweeter in sugar.