Can anyone tell me the difference between snow powder/sugar and icing sugar and what are their usages. I tried searching on the net but yield no results.
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Same thing, in England its called icing sugar only difference. Regular American powdered sugar is the same thing as both. Not sure but I think the English version has more or less cornstarch, US manufacturers add 3% cornstarch to their products. Hope this helps.
Can also mean the Powder Sugar with cocoa butter and other additives used for dusting products going into the deep freeze or refrigeration without melting like regular Powder Sugar.
Paris Gourmet carries such a thing as do most top quality pastry purvayors.
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"Snow powder" or "No melt icing sugar" means a type of icing sugar that doesn't melt when it's dusted on items that require refrigeration. As M Brown says, it's treated with cocoa butter and sometimes starch.
Oh thanks everone. Now i know the diff between the two powder sugar. Snow sugar is used mostly for deco so that even with refrigeration, the dusted icing can still be seen.
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