Powdered sugar is not the same as regular sugar. Regular sugar is granulated, while powdered sugar is finely ground and mixed with a small amount of cornstarch.
Because powdered sugar is so fine and has cornstarch in it, it is not going to be as sweet as regular sugar. I'm guessing, but it would take like a cup and a half or more of powdered sugar to sweeten the same as 1 cup of regular sugar. The cornstarch would be a factor also possibly making the cake denser or tougher.
The 4X just refers to how finely the sugar has been ground. For example 10X sugar is powdered or confectioners sugar. The larger the number the finer the grind.
Confectioners sugar and powdered sugar are the same, so yes, you are using the same thing regardless of what the recipe calls for.
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No. Powdered sugar is sucrose. Out bodies can break it down to make glucose.
Different names for the same thing.
Powdered sugar is made up of smaller granules than regular granulated sugar. That means that there is more air in a cup of powdered sugar than there is in a cup of granulated sugar because for each granule to remain separate there has to be space or air around each granule.
You can, it's just not marked as such. Basic powdered or confectioner's sugar unless it is marked 10x is the same as 4x powdered sugar.
no because white sugar is more clumped than powdered sugar and powdered sugar doesn't taste like sugar that much Powdered sugar is chemically not fundamentally different from regular sugar, just more finely ground. However, powdered sugar may contain additives to prevent clumping. you are exactly right!!!! by Terrier23
yes it is the same
yes, they are exactly the same thing.. if u look on the granulated sugar u will see somewhere in small word powdered sugar