Mainly, sugar adds taste and sweetness to a dessert. It can also act as a minor binding agent when melted and in a more liquid-like state. Sugar also forms a crystalized substance once cooled, and this can be used as a nice chine or glaze atop a dessert or to add solid structure to the dessert to make it more firm after baking.
No. You never need a cake mix for anything - it is just for convenience. Look for sugar cookies in the index of any standard cookbook or google "sugar cookies" and you will find a recipe.
You need to do it with butter
Sugar is a basic ingredient in cake. It provides volume and texture as well as sweetness. Cakes baked with sugar substitutes sometimes lack density and texture in spite of their artificial sweetness.
Eggs flour sugar butter yummy!
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Apparently not, because I just found multiple recipes for Angel Food Cake online that just use regular granulated sugar. Now if you want to make a glaze to put on top, you may need confectioners sugar
Powdered sugar should be dusted lightly onto a cake. The slightly moist surface of the cake will hold the sugar in place. If powdered sugar is applied too thickly, the excess should be brushed or shaken off. or USE BUTTER!
Brown sugar will vary the taste.
You need to substitute the sugar with an alternative like a sweetener, Canderel is an excellent replacement but there are other alternatives available.
Firstly you need these ingredients: Cake:6oz butter, 6oz sugar
Cane Sugar
Hey, Obviously it sweetens the cake and will make it taste a whole lot better!! Without the sugar the cake would be absolutely tasteless and bland! I always use sugar in baking! x