I'm going to make a French Vanilla cake with French Vanilla pudding in it. I'm going to attempt a strawberry filling. I was going to make regular Wilton Buttercream. I was making my coffee this morning & it dawned on me that I could use my French Vanilla coffee creamer in the cake somewhere. I know I've read that here, but I can't remember how it's used. Also I use fat free, would that still be good or should I get some regular?

2 TBSP of powdered creamer or a minimum of 1/4 cup of liquid creamer (replace the water with the creamer). You can replace only 1/4 cup or more if you wish.

Fat-free shouldn't make a difference. Are you talking about the powder or the liquid creamer? If using the liquid just use it in replacement of the liquid called for in the buttercream recipe.

I use the liquid creamer. I usually replace the water in the cake recipe with milk. So I can replace the water/milk with creamer?

AND use it in the buttercream in place of milk?

Does this cake sound good? I always make chocolate cake & I found one I really love so I'm trying to branch out and find something else everyone will love besides my chocolate. any suggestions?

Recipes using liquid & powdered non-dairy creamer in cake & frosting:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-159851-.html

HTH

Just make sure you taste your creamer first to check how sweet it is. I used some French Vanilla coffee creamer in a scratch cake recently because I did not have full fat milk, so I used some lowfat milk mixed with coffee creamer to bump up the fat content. The end result had a very pronounced vanilla flavour but it was too sweet for my taste. I had not taken account for the amount of sugar in the coffee creamer. If doing it again I would reduce the sugar in the cake. Not sure if you can get around that if you use a mix.

I use mixes for my cakes. I have found that I get the best flavour by using only 1/4 cup of creamer. I use Betty Crocker mixes. The mix calls for 1 & 1/4 cup water. I sub the 1/4. Otherwise it is way too sweet. I think every tooth in my head is a sweet tooth.

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