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

For this recipe, you need :

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

Technical Stages :

Butter Cream - 1
1

Prepare all the necessary ingredients.

Butter Cream - 2
2

Mix the sugar with a bit of water.

Butter Cream - 3
3

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).

Butter Cream - 4
4

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.

Butter Cream - 5
5

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

Butter Cream - 6
6

Once cool, combine gradually the butter in small chunks.

Butter Cream - 7
7

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

Thank you for following this recipe !

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