Butter Cream
  • For : cake filling
  • Time : 40 minutes
  • Difficulty :  medium

Ingredients for Butter Cream :

  • 8 egg yolks
  • 250 g sugar
  • 250 g cream butter
  • flavour:
  • coffee extract, chocolate powder or melted chocolate, etc...

Technical stages for Butter Cream :

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Prepare all the necessary ingredients.

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Mix the sugar with a bit of water.

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Bring to a boiling point and cook at 121°C (250°F). Using a sugar thermometer is useful but not compulsory. (You may simply dip the tines of a fork in the boiling sugar. If strings appear when you take it out, the sugar is ready).

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Clarify the eggs. Put the yolks in a mixer bowl. As soon as the sugar is cooked pour it slowly, beating at low speed, on the egg yolks.

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As soon as it is all combined beat at maximum speed until it completely cools down.

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Once cool, combine gradually the butter in small chunks.

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Beat thoroughly in order to obtain a soft and homogeneous cream.

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