Flower-Shaped Sugar Cubes for a Tea Party

Flower-shaped sugar cubes are easy to make to sweeten your cuppa,

and make a pretty and fun addition for a tea party or favor. These molded sugar cubes come together in less than 10 minutes

and require just four ingredients!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Granulated Sugar
• Water
• Food Coloring
• Silicone Mold

I used  this set of silicone flower molds.

The flowers are about 1-inch in size and the molds can also be use for chocolate, butter or mini ice cubes!

Here is the ratio needed to make a small batch of flower sugar cubes:

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 drop of food coloring

1/2 cup of sugar made one tray of 15 flower-shaped cubes.

I made several batches to have a garden variety of flowers. 

Add your food coloring to your water and mix well,

then add the colored water to your sugar. Stir until the sugar is evenly colored. Too much water will dissolve your sugar. You want your sugar to be moistened just enough so the texture resembles wet sand.

Pack the sugar in your molds. I used an offset spatula to level it out and then used the back of a spoon to firmly pack the sugar into the molds so all the flower details would show.

It was extremely humid the day I made these, so to help with the firming and drying I preheated the oven to low (175°F), turned the oven off and let the molds in sit the oven overnight. Alternatively, let your sugar cubes sit in the molds at room temperature to dry and firm. Drying time will depend on humidity and temperature in your home and take up to 24 hours.

When sugar is dry and firm, gently unmold by flexing the silicone mold to remove the flowers. This is such a fun and easy project!

You can customize your sugar cubes using the molds and colors of your choice to match your theme, party or holiday!

Omit the food coloring if you prefer and add flavor extracts,

like lemon or vanilla, to flavor your sugar and tea.

Store sugar cubes in an airtight container until ready to use.

Use within 2 weeks. For longer storage, store in freezer.

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