Icing Sugar

Icing Sugar

AKA: powdered sugar, confectioner’s sugar
Family: Poaceae

A type of white sugar that has been ground into a fine powder. Often with a small amount of corn-starch to prevent clumping. Dissolves easily in liquid. Ideal for icing, frosting and decoration.

Icing sugar is made from either Sugarbeet or Sugar Cane

Sugarbeet
Sugar Cane

The Amaranthaceae Family

a family of flowering plants


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Eudicots   Order: Caryophyllales  



The Poaceae Family

a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses
AKA: Gramineae


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids   Order: Poales