Can regular sugar be used instead of castor sugar?

wallie7, Jul 20, 3:20am
Want to make the vanilla cake recipe someone posted on here, but don't have castor sugar and wondered if just plain granulated sugar can be used instead!

melp6, Jul 20, 3:22am
I would

wallie7, Jul 20, 3:23am
Sample quantity do ya reckon!

melp6, Jul 20, 3:24am
From what I know, castor is just finer

Yes, same quantity

wallie7, Jul 20, 3:25am
Cool, thanks for that

biggles45, Jul 20, 3:25am
I would use granulated normally, but if I think a recipe really needs castor, I put granulated in the coffee grinder and give it a few whizzes!

olwen, Jul 20, 3:41am
In most cases regular sugar would be fine, but it's grainier.

sherrie, Jul 20, 3:42am
I always use normal sugar and everything turns out fine!

dreamers, Jul 20, 3:59am
Grind it with your Whizz stick if you have one.

kaddiew, Jul 20, 4:23am
If you can't grind it, stick it in a plastic bag and run a rolling pin over it. Works for me.

duckmoon, Jul 20, 5:04am
Same number of grams (rather than same number of cups/mls)

Also, you can measure the white sugar and put it in the food processor to make the granuals finer. (which is the difference between the two products - the castor sugar will dissolve more easily. In theory the cake will be more grainy, but most people won't notice the difference)

wallie7, Jul 20, 8:21am
Thanks guys, I will go for the whacking with the rolling pin, mainly because that sounds like fun lol