Custard Powder

Custard powder has many uses especially if you are cooking British sweets and sauces. Usually, the powder is used for the following:

1. Deserts
2. Cakes
3. Puddings
4. Pastries
5. Filling
6. Fruit topping
7. Ice cream
8. Frosting
9. And even on scrambled eggs!

The options to use Custard powder are really endless.  It would really depend on your creativeness and love for cooking.

Custard powder is usually made with cornstarch, some salt, vanilla to enhance the flavor and the annatto to give its color. With all these ingredients when combined with milk will create a creamy pudding.

If you enjoy the unique taste of Custard powder but you can’t find them anywhere in the groceries at the mean time, there are several substitutes you can take in order to achieve the same taste.

Here are the tips I can give you for Custard powder substitutes.

1. If you need Custard powder, but you don’t have any, you can use an equal amount of cornstarch plus vanilla extract instead.
2. If you don’t have cornstarch, you can also use vanilla with a pudding mix. It works just the same.
3. Water chestnut with caster sugar and water can also imitate the same taste that a Custard powder can give.
4. Corn flour with vanilla and sugar is yet another good combination for custard.

There may be more to what I have already listed. Chefs nowadays work hard on making their own version of making custard the natural way, which is why it is likely to see a few more combination of ingredients to create the tasteful custard.

But aside from making use of Custard powder for cooking, did you know that several teachers and curious people made use of this kitchen powder to some experiments that will involve explosions? Believe it or not, the very popular Custard powder is also known as the explosive powder. If you can check out some experiments made online with videos, you will see the explosive capabilities of this simple kitchen powder. Some say that if kids from grade school can make it explode that much, how much explosion we can get if a factory of Custard powder accidentally lit fire?

Although some say that the majority of kitchen powders will do the same, there is not much experiment done to prove the explosive properties of sugar, salt or coffee. Try searching experiments with the use of Custard powder for explosion, and you will be surprised with the number of results. Although kids will enjoy seeing the results of these experiments, it is still advised not to do any of the experiments at home.

To give you an example of the experiment for custard powder, please see the information below:

Warning: DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME WITHOUT PARENTAL SUPERVISION

Materials:

• Custard Powder – 1 Package
• Bunsen burner
• Goggles

Methods of doing the experiment:

-          Turn on the Bunsen burner to high. Position the burner on the floor.

-          Wear goggles in order to protect your eyes.

-          Holding the package of custard powder on top of the fire, slowly sprinkle it until you see the ball of fire forming. Continue to sprinkle to maintain the ball of fire.

Caution: Do not lean on the fire closely and maintain a distance. Do not instantly remove the package of the flowing powder away from the fire. If you do it with the wrong timing, the fire can follow your movement and you can catch fire.

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