Sifter Suggestions
So my very favorite sifter broke. Like...irrepairably broke. It was very very old and was a gift from a darling old lady who had run a Jewish bakery for years. It was a Foley 6 cup all metal sifter with a single "wheel" in the bottom and was the squeeze kind.
I purchased a new squeeze-style sifter that has 3 screens and wheels and I absolutely hate it. If there is even a drop of humidity in the air it takes forever to sift powdered sugar with the squeezer and I end up just smacking the side of it with my hand to get the sugar through. This is a serious bummer when doing a large cake!!!
Do any of you have a sifter that you truly love? Can you tell me what brand / size / style it is? I've looked online and there are SO many styles and brands and I don't want to spend money on something that's just going to frustrate me as much as I already am.
I do have a crank style sifter as well, but like that one even less than my other one - the action on it is very "jerky".
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Permalink Reply by Deah on
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Sifter? What is that? Seriously, I have a sifter but it is very rarely used. I hate to sift. When I make my cakes I put all the dry ingredients in the mixer and turn in on low and let the mixer fluff it up while I'm gathering the other ingredients. Never sift for BC either.
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Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on
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I just use a fine strainer. It does the same thing.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on
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LOL Deah I am with you let the mixer do all the work...I have never had a lump problem doing it that way....
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Permalink Reply by Gretchen Belsome on
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I don't use one either. Also, I don't sifter my powdered sugar for BC either. I use the bags, I was told it is already sifted.... I never have a problem.
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Permalink Reply by Eileen S on
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I'm so surprised!! Every BC recipe I've seen says to sift the sugar so that's what I've always done. I'm scared not to! LOL! I always put the butter, vanilla and milk in first and let it mix and get fluffy before adding the sifted PS. Huh.
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That's the way I do it except I don't sift. It's liberating to break the rules! :-)
Just for grins I just dug out my sifter. It's the squeeze type with 3 blade thingies. I think I bought it at Wal-Mart but there isn't a brand stamped on it so I can't be sure.
Eileen S said:I'm so surprised!! Every BC recipe I've seen says to sift the sugar so that's what I've always done. I'm scared not to! LOL! I always put the butter, vanilla and milk in first and let it mix and get fluffy before adding the sifted PS. Huh.
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Eileen I just dump all the ingredients in the mixer and it makes buttercream like magic! Giggles...j/k but really you are gonna whip the heck out of that stuff anyway so unless your 10X sugar has been around for a while ( I buy it every week) or it has been sitting out in the humidity, it is already sifted so throw caution to the wind like Deah said....
PS I dont even own a sifter
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O.K. - so I'm doing some "experimental" cakes this week since nobody I know needs one and I'm going to have company anyway, so maybe I'll do a batch without sifting and see what happens. It's just for family anyway. I can't tell you how much time this would save me!! LOL!
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Permalink Reply by Stampinsher on
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Oh my gosh! I sift and just replaced my very old sifter but I still have it with a new one like Deah owns. Now so many of you say to heck with sifting! I guess I will have to try it too one day soon, perhaps, maybe, hmmm...
Something that I've done since I was a little girl and it was fun for me because it was my job when Mom or Grandma baked.
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Permalink Reply by Cakes By Carla on
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I have a large, metal strainer (about 6 inches diameter). I purchased it in the kitchen section of Walmart. I can put about 1 lb or 4 cups powdered sugar in it and just tap the side with my hand. It lets the sugar through and then I just dump the lumps at the end of my tapping. I too had one of those sifters with the screeens at the bottom and found it terrible to work with. This method is much faster and easier on my hands.
Also, not to scare those who don't sift, but one time (and only one time thank goodness!) I was sifting a package of powdered sugar (mind you it was a NEW package and never been opened and was just purchased from the store) and found a rather gross black bug in my sugar. I tossed it all in the garbage but was thankful I usually sift. Otherwise I may have had that in my frosting later. Ugh.
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Permalink Reply by jeri c on
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My grandmother would turn over in her grave if she heard me right now but sift???? Not ever!!! Once in awhile just for grandmother's sake I grab my strainer off the hook and sift things through it but seriously.... I never see a difference. I just toss it in the kitchen aide. My cakes I always put the dry ingredients in and then measure out my wet ing. while the dry mix together with the paddle blade. That is modern day sifting I am sure of it!!! I truly believe modern ingredients too are much more refined than in grandmothers day! There were a lot of things she did that we don't have to do today. Thank the baking gods for that!!!!
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