Showing posts with label sugar cubes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar cubes. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Easter touches: Lamb-shaped Sugar Cubes

Who could resist these lamb-shaped sugar cubes in their coffee?  While I normally stop at milk, when the "lump" is a lamb, I'll take two!

It is very easy to make sugar cubes for special occasions. Did you know that?  All you need is a plastic chocolate mold, 1 cup of granulated white sugar and 1 tablespoon of water.  When you mix the sugar and water together, the consistency is like wet sand.  You firmly press the damp sugar into each mold and brush off the excess.  Allow them to sit in the mold for about 30 minutes.  Then gently place the mold face down on a cookie sheet.  Gently tap the back of each mold with a spoon and the lambs will pop out.  Allow them to set undisturbed on the cookie sheet for 1-2 hours until they are dry.  Sliding them, even a little, at this stage can cause the design to break. Repeat until you have enough lambs to serve your guests at Easter.

Now you can say, "Do you take one lamb or two?" 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Sugar Santa

I love these super cute Santas!  I was at Heinrich's cake and candy supply store last week (of course I was!) and I took this photo in their Sugar Room.  They have small individual bins with fresh sugar (or frosting) decorations to enhance your holiday sweets. 

I like to dress up my sugar cubes with these sweet frosting faces.  Remember these from Thanksgiving a few years ago?  You just "glue" the faces to the sugar cubes with a dab of frosting. Super easy and super cute.  Try this at your next holiday gathering and notice how many people suddenly take sugar in their coffee!