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I don't use organic cane sugar, but I bought some at trader joes and it smells off (I've never bought cane sugar before so I don't know what it should smell like). I made your vanilla cake and it tasted like how the sugar smelled. Has this happened to you

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Question

Julia Serrano

I don't use organic cane sugar, but I bought some at trader joes and it smells off (I've never bought cane sugar before so I don't know what it should smell like). I made your vanilla cake and it tasted like how the sugar smelled. Has this happened to you?

Answer

I don't know. No, it shouldn't smell off itch and smell off at all. So there are different brands of vegan cane sugar. Wholesome is one. Wholesome sweets is one that I like because it's fair trade. It's ethical. I have used the Trader Joe's vegan cane sugar and I haven't noticed something off about it. I do grind those are only two brands of the many. I do grind lightly grind my vegan cane sugar because the crystals are all larger than a white sugar crystal. They are never these sugars very in color from very very pale. Beige or blonde really to a darker blonde, but depending on the brand. Because they haven't been filtered through bone Char and a small amount of the Molasses that's inherent in the cane That's separated out remains, but gee, I don't know Julia I would take that Sugar back to Trader Joe's try try wholesome sweet brand. Try Whole Foods 365 Brands and see if you like those.

Fran Costigan

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Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.