french buttercream
Basic Cakes - Week 4, June 2th These recipes are copied directly from the notes of my Basic Cakes class. I’m posting them here on Just a Pinch for my own posterity. Feel free to round the fractional measurements up or down (5/8 is just as good as 1/2)
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Ingredients
- 7 3/4 ounces sugar
- 2 1/8 ounces water
- 4 5/8 ounces egg yolks
- 1 lb 1 3/8 ounces unsalted butter
How To Make french buttercream
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Step 1In a suacepan, heat the sugar and water as for a pate a bombe.
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Step 2In a mixing bowl with the ship attachment, mix the egg yolks to lighten the texture.
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Step 3When the sugar reaches the soft ball stage (244F), slowly pour the sugar into the whipping egg yolks, and whip until cool.
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Step 4Add the softened butter, and mix enough to ensure good emulsion of the buttercream.
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