Milkmoon Meringue Buttercream Recipes

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VAMPIRE'S KISS CAKE



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Beware the kiss of the vampire! Or instead you can celebrate it with this gothic homage to October's special, spooky elegance. Halloween comes just once a year, so celebrate with a cake that drips blood with every slice...!

Provided by Milkmoon Kitchen

Categories     Dessert

Time P2DT50m

Yield 1 Cake, 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 18

6 large egg whites, at room temperature
2 large whole eggs, at room temperature
2 cups whole milk, at room temperature divided
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 cups cake flour, sifted
3 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons and 2 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoons fine salt
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
14 cups milkmoon meringue buttercream for frosting
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup corn syrup
2 -3 tablespoons cornstarch
red food coloring
purple food coloring
green food coloring
silver candy sprinkles

Steps:

  • -Make Your Batter-.
  • Preheat your oven to 350°C Prepare 4 (or however many you have) six inch round, three inch deep (6"x3") cake pans by greasing with shortening, placing a baking paper round on the base, greasing again, and flouring. I know it's a lot just to prep the pan, but you will never have cake stuck clinging to your pan ever again! Worth it.
  • In a medium-size bowl, combine your egg whites, whole eggs, 1/2 cup of your milk, and vanilla, lemon extract, and almond extract, and whisk to combine. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine your cake flour, sugar, optional whole milk powder, baking powder, and salt and mix on low speed for a few minutes until combined. Low speed is important here so as to avoid creating a burst of flour that will get all over your hair and maybe in your eyes, it is the worst.
  • All at once, add in your butter and keep mixing to moisten your dry ingredients, about 20 seconds. Begin streaming in your remaining 1 1/2 cups milk, half a cup at a time, continuing to beat on the lowest speed. When all the milk is added, raise the mixer speed to medium and continue to beat the batter for about 1 minute. This process is important because it incorporates air into your batter. Don't worry about developing too much gluten-cake flour has less than regular all-purpose.
  • Scrape your bowl, and then return the batter to low speed. Add your egg mixture in three batches, allowing each to incorporate fully before adding the next.
  • I like to beat again here on medium for about 20 seconds just to make sure the batter is totally homogenous!
  • -Bake Your Cake-.
  • Divide your batter between your prepped pans and smooth the tops.
  • Bake for roughly 40-50 minutes, but keep an eye on them starting at minute 30. You'll know they're baked when you press down in the center of each cake and it springs back. You can also insert a cake tester, and it should come out clean with at most a few crumbs clinging to it.
  • Remove your cakes from the oven and allow to come to room temperature on a rack. Then, I like to wrap them up in plastic and put them in the fridge for at least half an hour, preferably overnight before I remove them from the pans.
  • Wrap each cake individually in plastic and put it in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 hours before stacking. Whether in the pan or just wrapped in plastic, these cakes should rest in the fridge for at least 8 hours total before stacking.
  • -Make Your Buttercream-.
  • Whip up some Milkmoon Meringue Buttercream (recipe #536136), you'll need 2.5x the amount listed in the recipe. Reserve 5 cups of this buttercream for your filling, and set the rest aside.
  • -Make the Blood-.
  • Pour your corn syrup into a bowl, and add a small squirt of red food coloring. If you are using gel color, this may be enough! If you are using a water-based coloring, you may need quite a bit to achieve a deep, bloody red color. Bonus points if you add a tiny, tiny touch of blue to give depth to your syrup.
  • Mix in a tablespoon of or cornstarch, and test for thickness. You can leave thickness up to your best judgement, but you want a nice ooze to it, without being too runny. A good test is that a drizzle of syrup from a spoon should take a full second to melt back into the syrup in the bowl. Add more cornstarch if you need to! Then, when you have a nice oozey consistency, set aside.
  • -Prep Your Layers-.
  • Start by trimming the domes off your chilled cakes. We want flat disks of cake so we can accomplish a tall build!
  • Now torte your layers out. Torting is the process of cutting a large chunk of cake into smaller layers, and it's kind of my jam. I torted ten very thin layers of blue and four of orange cake for Frida's birthday cake, and even trimmed the brown bottom off each cake too. You can choose to just trim the domes and leave as-is, or torte each cake in half. The most important thing is that pretty color, so don't sweat it if you don't have time to torte like crazy.
  • -Build Your Cake-.
  • Alright, all that leveling of your layers finally pays off! Stack your layers on a 7" or 8" round cake drum with a small dab of buttercream in the middle to anchor the cake. Spread a very thin layer of buttercream from the 5 cups you set aside for the filling between each layer until you've used up about 1/3 of your torted cake layers. Spread buttercream on top of the layers you've built up so far.
  • Now for the fun part: let's get bloody! This part is a little tricky, so here's what we're trying to do: we are creating little chambers within the buttercream layered extra-thick between two cake layers, so that we can fill those chambers with blood syrup. When you cut the cake into slices, you will burst these chambers open, and blood will ooze out when the slice is removed. The chambers are important here because if you just pour a giant pool of blood between two cake layers, when the cake is cut all the blood will run out at once and threaten the structural integrity of the cake!
  • Scoop about a cup of buttercream into a pastry bag and cut the tip off to create about a 1/4" hole at the end. Pipe a ring of buttercream around the top of the stack of cake you've built up, creating a dam around the edge. Build that dam in by about an inch to thicken it. Pipe another ring of buttercream in the middle, and fill it in so the center is totally covered.
  • You should aim to have a one- to one-and-a-half inch wide trough that forms a ring in the buttercream now. In order to create the chambers that will hold your blood syrup, pipe lines that join the center buttercream circle with the outer ring. Ideally you want 5-6 equally-sized sections formed. Refer to the image in the gallery above so you can see exactly what sort of pattern you should be aiming for here.
  • Carefully spoon your blood into each chamber you've created, filling almost to the top but not quite. Spread a very thin layer of buttercream onto the bottom of one of your slices that's waiting to be stacked, and place it buttercream side down on top of the blood chambers you've created. Press gently to ensure that you are sealing the blood fully within the buttercream.
  • Now refrigerate your stack until the buttercream is firm, about 10-15 minutes.
  • Continue with your normal layering until you've used up 2/3 total of your cake layers, and repeat the blood chamber process. Then, continue stacking until you have just one or two layers left to stack, and create a third and final blood chamber layer. Stack your final two layers and refrigerate the whole cake for at least 1/2 hour.
  • Remove from the refrigerator when the cake doesn't wiggle when you shake it, and place it on a turntable on the counter. Using a serrated knife, go around the cake trimming off those crusty sides. Wrap the nude cake in plastic, and put it back in the refrigerator.
  • -Frost Your Cake-.
  • Combine any remaining buttercream from your filling with the buttercream you had set aside.
  • From your total remaining buttercream, remove 1.5 cups and set it aside. Color the rest a light purple. Frost your cake and smooth with an extra-tall scraper, or you can opt to diy it like I do with a 14" quilting ruler! Frost as cleanly as you can-you want your cake looking smooth and beautiful. Put the cake back in the refrigerator to firm up.
  • Set any remaining purple buttercream aside.
  • -Pipe the Spiderweb Lace-.
  • Place one cup of the white buttercream you set aside in a pastry bag fitted with an Ateco 6 round tip, or just cut a 1/8" hole in the tip of a disposable one. Pipe the base of the web by creating thin rays of buttercream on the side of the cake. Then, connect the rays by piping "U" shapes between them, creating a spiderweb look.
  • Finally, pipe a small dot of buttercream at the end of each ray, and place a silver pearl on each for some extra glamor!
  • -Pipe Your Gothic Roses-.
  • Take your remaining purple buttercream and add more purple coloring to achieve a deeper color.
  • Place your green buttercream in a piping back outfitted with a coupler, and attach a medium round tip (like an Ateco #10-12) and pipe small clusters of bulbs in between the flowers to make buds. Use your white buttercream to pipe a smaller white spot on top of each bud using the same size tip or one slightly smaller.
  • Place your purple buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium or large petal tip-I used an Ateco 127. Pipe your roses on to small squares of parchment paper and freeze until firm.
  • Color half of you remaining white buttercream a deep leaf green and place in a piping bag fitted with a medium or large leaf tip-I used an Ateco 112.
  • Mound remaining white buttercream onto the top of the cake to create a nice pillow for your roses. Arrange them quickly, pressing each lightly into the buttercream to make sure it sticks. Use your green buttercream to fill in any gaps with piped leaves.
  • -Create the Vampire's Kiss-.
  • With a small paring knife, carve two small holes in your buttercream to mimic the puncture mark of a vampire's teeth in the side of the cake. Shortly before serving the cake, using pipette, squeeze bottle, or even a plastic straw, wooden skewer, or toothpick, allow two small drips of blood to ooze from the holes. Only use a little bit of blood syrup for each so the drips don't quickly ooze al the way down the side of the cake.
  • Now don your fanciest cape and sharpen your teeth, and you are ready to delight your guests with this terrifying treat!
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1117.6, Fat 41.7, SaturatedFat 14.2, Cholesterol 57.6, Sodium 676.3, Carbohydrate 180.2, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 135.5, Protein 6

MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM



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This recipe is from Colette Peters, in a wonderful book called Cakes To Dream On. This is one of the many recipes I tested when making my daughter's first birthday cake, and this is the best buttercream I've ever tasted. While still very buttery, it doesn't feel like you're simply eating a stick of butter. Awesome buttercream, you must try it!

Provided by Kay D.

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 10 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 1/2 cups egg whites, at room temperature
3 cups sugar
3 lbs unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1 tablespoon other flavoring

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine the egg whites and the sugar and whisk until well blended; (yes, your arm will get tired).
  • Set the bowl on top of a double boiler, or transfer mixture to the top pan of a double boiler and whisk constantly until the mixture is hot to the touch.
  • Transfer to your mixer's bowl and beat on High with the whisk attachment until the bowl has cooled to the touch and the meringue forms stiff peaks.
  • While beating on medium speed,slowly add the room temperature butter about 1/4 cup at a time.
  • When all the butter has been added, it should be thick and creamy.
  • Add the vanilla and blend until combined.
  • This can be stored at room temperature for up to a day, refrigerated up to a week, and frozen up to a month.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1231.5, Fat 110.5, SaturatedFat 70, Cholesterol 292.8, Sodium 75.6, Carbohydrate 60.5, Sugar 60.5, Protein 5.1

1: 2: 3: SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM



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The best icing for a cake. Recipe from www.dyannbakes.com site is no longer so need to put it up here so I don't lose it! http://youtu.be/uBBoRMWcfNc

Provided by Dyenana

Categories     Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 8 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/2 cup egg white
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1 pinch salt

Steps:

  • Put sugar, salt and egg whites in the heatproof bowl, and set over a pan of simmering water. Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved, and mixture registers 140F on an instant-read thermometer. If the sugar is not completely melted, your final product will be grainy.
  • Transfer bowl to an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until fluffy and bowl is cool to the touch, about 10 minutes. Continue beating until stiff, glossy peaks form. Meringue will be white with a bright sheen AND very sticky.
  • Reduce speed to medium-low; add butter a few cubes at a time, beating well after each addition. If the meringue is not cool enough it will completely melt the butter.
  • Continue beating till all the butter is incorporated. At one point the mixture will look "broken" looking watery and separated like curdled milk. Continue mixing it will all come together I promise.
  • Beat in vanilla or other flavorings or color paste. Buttercream can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days or frozen up to 1 month. Bring to room temperature before using; beat on lowest speed until smooth, about 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 409.8, Fat 34.5, SaturatedFat 21.9, Cholesterol 91.5, Sodium 49.5, Carbohydrate 25.1, Sugar 25.1, Protein 2

SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM



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This is absolutely the best icing I have ever made.

Provided by Bev Ottone

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Buttercream

Time 30m

Yield 80

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 teaspoon lemon juice, or as needed
4 cups white sugar
2 cups egg whites
5 cups unsalted butter, cut into cubes
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Wipe the bowl of an electric stand mixer and the whisk attachment with lemon juice to remove any trace of grease. Add sugar and egg whites to the bowl.
  • Whisk sugar and egg whites together in the bowl of the stand mixer over simmering water, whisking constantly but gently, until temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), about 10 minutes. Return bowl to the stand mixer.
  • Whisk sugar-egg white mixture in the stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until mixture is thick, glossy, and temperature of outside of bowl is room temperature. Change attachment to the paddle attachment and continue mixing on low speed. Add butter, 1 cube at a time; mix until silky-smooth. If mixture curdles, continue mixing and it will return to smooth.
  • Pour vanilla extract and sprinkle salt into butter-sugar mixture; beat until fully incorporated.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 144.3 calories, Carbohydrate 10.1 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.3 g, Sodium 18.9 mg, Sugar 10.1 g

MILKMOON MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM



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This fluffy buttercream is lightened with an Italian Meringue made by whipping sugar syrup into egg whites. The meringue strengthens the buttercream, creating a stability that allows for building extra-tall layer cakes the Milkmoon Kitchen way!

Provided by Milkmoon Kitchen

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 6 Cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
4 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 pinch cream of tartar
2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla

Steps:

  • Place the sugar and water in a medium saucepan and set over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to melt the sugar crystals that form on the sides of the pan. When the syrup begins to boil, reduce the heat to low and insert a candy thermometer into the syrup. Allow it to continue to boil while moving on to the next step.
  • Place the egg whites in the clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Whip the whites until frothy. Then, if using, sprinkle in the pinch of cream of tartar (this improves the strength of the meringue).
  • Keeping an eye on the temperature of the sugar syrup, increase the speed of the mixer to high to achieve stiff peaks. Ideally, you will time this to coincide with the sugar syrup reaching 248°-250° F, the Firm Ball Stage. If your whites reach stiff peaks before the sugar syrup reaches the correct temperature, reduce the mixer speed to the lowest setting and leave running until the syrup is ready.
  • When the syrup reaches 248°-250° F, increase the mixer speed to the highest setting. Remove the saucepan from the heat and slowly pour the hot syrup down the side of the bowl into the egg whites, being very careful to avoid allowing the stream to hit the whisk and spatter. Pour slowly and steadily until all the syrup has been added, and continue beating the meringue until it becomes light and fluffy and holds its shape exactly when the beater is removed, roughly 3-5 minutes.
  • After this time, the meringue may still be hot-if so, place the bowl in the refrigerator (or freezer) for 10-15 minutes until it has cooled all the way through.
  • When the meringue has cooled, place the bowl back on the mixer, replacing the whisk with the paddle attachment. Begin mixing on low, and add the butter 1/4 cup (half a stick) at a time, beating well after each addition. Once the butter is added, increase the speed to medium and beat the buttercream until it becomes light and fluffy. It may look soupy or curdled shortly after all the butter is added-this is okay! Just keep on beating it and it will whip up into a light, fluffy cloud.
  • Add the pinch of salt and vanilla, if including, and beat on low speed until incorporated. You may now add any other flavorings, gel or liquid food colorings, shaved chocolate, chopped nuts, fruit purées, or any other goodies you like to add to your buttercream. This is a very versatile recipe, so play around and create your own delicious flavors!
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 730, Fat 61.4, SaturatedFat 38.9, Cholesterol 162.7, Sodium 45.7, Carbohydrate 44.8, Sugar 44.7, Protein 3

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