The most popular type of sugar, with its medium-sized crystals it is the one type that most people will have a packet of in their cupboard. Granulated sugar is very versatile. Uses: As a sweetener for coffee and tea and for sprinkling over breakfast cereals. In baking, especially for rubbed in mixtures such as crumbles or cakes, it can also be used for creamed mixtures such as Victoria sandwiches or Madeira cake but it will give more speckled appearance than caster sugar and it may give less volume. Granulated sugar can also be used to sweeten stewed fruit such as plums and apples.