I'm making my dd a Strawberry Shortcake themed cake this weekend and I'm making a meringue buttercream. I wanted to ask if you think I could mix some strawberry jam into my meringue bc for the filling. I don't want to do just the strawberry jam, cuz it's too sweet on it's own. I thought I could just mix a little of it into the bc to add some flavor. Need some ideas! 
thanks!
Just did this. It is better if it is seedless. Start of with a little at a time 'till you get the taste you want. I am sure I started with a tbls. at a time
Sometimes I use a fresh strawberry filling. You take fresh strawberries, chop them up fine---I like them small, you might like them larger. If they are not sweet enough, you can soak in a touch of sugar or sweetener and drain. Then mix them in with a strawberry glaze. Usually you can find that in the produce dept. Or, you can use the glaze plain---believe it or not. People love it!!!! I don't know if I'd mix the jam in with the icing. You could always try about 1/8 of a cup and test it. Hope this helps. God Bless.....
I do this all the time with seedless raspberry or seedless blackberry preserves. It's great, and everybody loves it!
You can mix in a little bit for a subtle flavor, or more for a bolder flavor. If you're planning to mix in more than just a little bit, start with STIFF buttercream, though, or it'll end up too thin.
If you get it too thin, it makes a wonderful ice cream topping!
Laura.
Oh - I actually gave the seedless raspberry jam in buttercream a try today for a filler and it came out wonderfully! Yummmmmmy!
I think in the end I mixed in 2/3 of a 16 ounce jar into what I imagine is 8 cups of icing????? something like that. it ended up a definitely raspberry pink color but not too dark.
I highly recommend giving it a try!
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