Mulberry mousse cake filling is one of the easiest ways to make a layer cake feel lighter, brighter, and more finished without relying on a heavy frosting in the middle. It gives you real mulberry flavor, a soft berry color, and a creamy texture that […]
Frangipane cream filling is a soft almond cream made from butter, sugar, almond flour and eggs, with a spoonful of flour, vanilla and a little almond extract. You spread it into a tart shell or onto pastry, and it bakes into a tender, golden almond […]
This white chocolate ganache is a thick, glossy cake ganache made with just 12 ounces of finely chopped white chocolate, ½ cup of heavy cream, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. It takes about 10 minutes to make and roughly an hour to cool, and […]
This raspberry mousse filling is a seedless raspberry puree set with gelatin and folded into whipped cream. You need 2 cups of raspberries, 1 tablespoon of gelatin and 1 ½ cups of heavy cream, about 1 ½ hours including the chill, and one batch fills […]
This strawberry mousse cake filling is a cooked strawberry puree, set with 1 tablespoon of gelatin and folded into 1 ½ cups of whipped cream. It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes from berries to spreadable mousse, most of that hands off, and one batch […]
This Passion Fruit Curd Recipe gives you a silky, bright filling with tropical flavor that works beautifully in cakes, tarts, pastries, and other passion fruit curd desserts. It has the brightness of citrus curd, but the flavor feels more tropical, more fragrant, and a little […]
This caramel pecan cake filling is a homemade caramel of sugar, butter and cream with a cup of toasted pecans folded through. It takes about 25 minutes of work plus 30 minutes to cool, and one batch fills 2 to 3 layers of an 8 […]
This berry cake filling is a thick, glossy mixed berry layer made with 2 cups of berries, ½ cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 1½ tablespoons cornstarch. It takes about 20 minutes at the stove plus an hour to cool, and fills one 8 […]
Marshmallow buttercream frosting is a soft, fluffy buttercream made by beating 1 cup of butter with 2 cups of marshmallow creme (marshmallow fluff), 2½ cups powdered sugar, vanilla, a splash of cream and a pinch of salt. It takes about 10 minutes with a mixer […]
Vanilla pastry cream is a thick, smooth custard made with whole milk, egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch, cooked on the stove and finished with butter and vanilla. It takes about 20 minutes plus 2 hours in the fridge and makes about 2½ cups, enough to […]