How To Make Lilac Sugar (plus 10 ways to use it)

Lilac sugar can add a soft and gentle floral note to your baking and desserts. All you need is lilac blossoms, white sugar, and a little time. After about a week, just sift out the blossoms, and use your lilac sugar anywhere you would use regular sugar in recipes. The same principle of making floral-scented sugar applies to any fragrant, edible flowers. Rose-scented sugar would be gorgeous!

RELATED: Cider-Poached Rhubarb Pavlova With Lilac Whipped Cream

Ten Uses For Lilac Sugar

1. Whip with 35% cream to make lilac whipped cream.
2. Cream with butter in your favourite cake recipe.
3. Sprinkle on top of scones or pie crust before baking.
4. Use in place of regular sugar in your favourite homemade ice cream recipe.
5. Toss with pears and roast them.
6. Add to fresh chopped strawberries, let the berries macerate, and use for strawberry shortcake.
7. Mix with oats, butter, and flour on top of blueberry crisp.
8. Make simple syrup.
9. Use as an ingredient in a homemade lemonade, iced tea, or mocktail.
10. Rim the glass of a summer cocktail.

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Lilac Sugar

Lilac sugar adds a soft, gentle floral note to your baking and desserts. Use it anywhere you would use regular sugar.

Prep Time15 mins

Cuisine: Canadian

Keyword: lilac sugar

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lilac blossoms removed from stem, gently shaken to loosen dirt or insects

Instructions

• Combine sugar and lilac blossoms in a jar. Seal the lid and give the jar a shake. Shake once per day for a week or so.
• Using a fine mesh strainer, sift the lilac blossoms out of the sugar. Store your sugar in a jar and use anywhere you would use regular sugar.

Notes

The moisture in the flowers will make the sugar clump during the week. Don't worry, just continue to shake every day to infuse the lilac flavour.

One of your favourite uses for lilac sugar is in lilac whipped cream on top of cider-poached rhubarb pavlova.

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