pixieve

I have been on a manhunt for the past few weeks looking for some icing sugar, and also self raising flour! I have searched the mercadona, corte ingles, carrefour and alcampo with no success.....do these things not exist here!? It was hard enough to find food colouring!!

I just want to bake my child a bloomin cake but its impossible without icing sugar to make icing!!!!! Help anyone!?

Lynn R

Icing sugar certainly does, they sell it in Mercadona, in a "shaker" style container, called Azucar Glace. I don't bake, but wouldn't harina para reposteria be suitable for baking, or they have harina para bizcochos (sponge cake)?

pixieve

They do!? My god I spent 30 minutes looking for it today! Maybe I saw it and didnt know thats what it was....ill have a look tomorrow! Thanks Im not sure about those flours....all ive seen is plain harina or the wheat one!

Cazzy1

Icing sugar in Mecadona is 1.45 euro for a very small shaker pot. It is very expensive in Spain!!

maisymay

Hola do you have a coffee bean grinder or liquidiser? Put gran. sugar in and grind. Sieve now and then and you will end up with icing sugar.
done it loadsa times great!!!!

maisymay

Re S.R. flour look for a flour bag -- think pale blue has a picture of a sponge cake on it from mercadona very good or use plain and add baking powder also in mercadona

pixieve

Wow, i wonder why that is!! Strange!!

I had actually thought of this but unfortunately dont have either of those things Good idea though

Thanks for the tip, ill add baking powder since i managed to find that!!!

snikpoh

As you are in Alicante, try Icelands - I seem to recall that you have one fairly close to you.


We buy both SR Flour and icing sugar there. Even though we can get both at Mercadona, they are both MUCH cheaper at Icelands.

pixieve

Closest Iceland is about 30mins away in La Marina (unless there is another closer than im not aware of), but i should be out there within the next few weeks. Thanks for the heads up!

EllisG

pick up caster sugar too..much better for cakes than the Spanish granular stuff.

paintermujer

I just use the normal spanish harina and add baking powder..works perfectly.

stuboy

A pestle and mortar and a bit of elbow grease will give you icing sugar, it's nothing special.

It's expensive because the grinding has been done for you

Cazzy1

I make a hundred cupcakes at a time, I would be there forever doing this!!! Whilst we are on the subject of cakes, does anyone know where you can get food colouring paste in Spain?

snikpoh

... not paste, but most supermarkets do the liquid colouring.

lynnxa

the paste is much better though, stronger colours & more economical in the long run

my daughter bought some online a little while ago - not sure if it was a Spanish company but I'll ask her when she gets home from school