Help! cake baking / sugar question!!!

[Buda]

Recipe calls for light muscovado sugar which I don't have.

I have - light demerara, normal caster sugar or golden caster sugar. Also have a little bit of brown sugar.

Which can I use? Can I use a mix?

Really don't have time to go to the one shop that might have light muscovado but prob won't as I didn't notice it yesterdaY!!!

mixture of golden caster and brown imo. What are you making?

light brown sugar/dameraira (sp?) sugar should be fine.

I have some recipes which require various of these sugars, and I have several packets of different types of brown sugar in my cupboards and never know which is which so just chuck in the first one I find and it's always fine .

don't use normal caster though as the colouring will be different then.

Hi

Muscovado sugur will give a deep colour and a treacly taste.

I would use the light demerara, either with or without the brown sugar.

HTH

A mincemeat loaf cake from Mary Berry's Xmas book. Never made it before!

Use brown, and you could add a little bit of treacle if the muscovado is needed for colour.

OK thanks all - will report back when done!

I'm forever changing what sugar I use for things, it makes very little difference, imo. You want something with a bit of molasses/treacle to it, for this flavour.

Well good golly miss molly that was easy peasy.

Kitchen isn't even in it's usual mess after one of my baking attempts!

Of course have just put them in oven so no idea how they will turn out but very easy to make all the same.

It all clumps together in the cupboard anyway. Good luck with the Mary Berry!