french buttercream

Orlando, FL
Updated on Jul 27, 2011

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

  • Step 1
    In a suacepan, heat the sugar and water as for a pate a bombe.
  • Step 2
    In a mixing bowl with the ship attachment, mix the egg yolks to lighten the texture.
  • Step 3
    When the sugar reaches the soft ball stage (244F), slowly pour the sugar into the whipping egg yolks, and whip until cool.
  • Step 4
    Add the softened butter, and mix enough to ensure good emulsion of the buttercream.

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