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I really hate goyslop desserts that are way too sweet.
I had raspberry sorbet at a restaurant and it was so good while being sour

real, most dessert recipes are way too sweet

literally me

>>18954546
Please.... this is a cooking board.... stop using pol terms... we can get along so well

>>18954536
Why would you add sugar to cheese and port?

>>18954999
Cope, seethe, and dilate.

>>18954536
>Not replacing it with honey, whilst taking into account the humidity compensation.
You still need to learn.

Can't do it in ice cream since balancing the sugar is needed for it to freeze right

>>18955021
>ice cream
the fat man's dessert

>>18954536
if you're going to make it shitty, you should do a whole food fruit sweetened dessert instead so it's much more nutritious and satisfying

i usually eat zero added sugar, just lots of fruit, mostly bananas, dates, and citrus

it's nice having a powerful blender that leaves motor brush particles all over the countertop

>>18955021
>replace sugar with antifreeze

>>18954536
Why bother making the desert when you don't want it to be sweet?

>>18954536
>>cut the sugar amount in half
This is something I am considering doing. How does it affect stuff like cakes/chocolate tortes?

>>18955009
>cheese and port
Just because something is after the main course doesn't mean it is a dessert. Desserts are sweet by definition, you're just talking about a cheese course. You could even call it supper, but not dessert

>>18956013
it depends on the recipe, but texture and taste can be affected. i'd start by removing 1/4 of the sugar and seeing how that goes.

>>18956026
Frosting kind of mandates high sugar cintent but there’s no reason to have ultra sweet frosting and ultra sweet cake. I usually just do the bare minimum of sugar it takes to make the cake palatable.

>>18954536
>American recipe
>halve the sugar
>still too sweet

>making cake
>the icing recipe calls for FOUR cups of icing sugar
>only have two left in my house
>its still way too sweet even with half the sugar

>>18956193
>the icing recipe calls for FOUR cups of icing sugar
that sounds like a shitty recipe unless it was supposed to make 4 pounds of icing.

>>18954536
Based

Just add salt instead.

>>18956813
I've heard this trick too - apparently salt and sugar are perceived by the same taste receptors, so adding little salt allows you to get away with noticeably less sugar, without compromising the flavor too much.

>>18954536
>savory recipe
>add sugar

>>18954536
>marginally healthier
>significantly worse tasting
desserts are not about eating healthy you dingdong

>>18954536
>dessert recipe
>just drink a bottle of port instead

Ive tried removing some of the sugar in stuff like carrot cake because i felt bad using so much, but then it just sucked. Just accept that its a dessert and its going to be sweet, and get some more exercise or eat less that day.

>>18958220
>>18958298
Standard recipes are over-sweetened and taste like shit.

>>18954536
>cant make desserts ever since I live alone and dont want to eat a whole cake

>>18958443
Just give what’s left to your neighbors.

>be american food manufacturer
>remove the fat
>quadruple the sugar content

>>18958443
You should buy a 6" cakepan, it's what I use for mini-cakes

>>18958220
Bullshit. I do this with recipes where sugar isn't integral to texture, and they usually still taste too sweet. Your tastebuds have been desensitized by overconsumption.

>>18958443
most cakes freeze really well. slice it, put it in the freezer, and then pull out a piece whenever you want.

>>18954536
I do this for all american recipies. Followed a brownie recipe once and it became inedibly sweet.