Buttercream With Egg Yolks - Anyone Done It?
Decorating By MariaLovesCakes Updated 18 Jun 2007 , 3:02pm by RuthWells
Hello, everyone! I have reading the Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum and was looking at her recipe for buttercream. She has a large variety of recipes but the one with egg yolks called my attention.
Has any of you made it with the egg yolks? I actually also saw Alton Brown from Good Eats making the same buttercream with the egg yolks.
What does it taste like it? And how does it compare with the buttecreams using only the egg whites?
Thanks.
I have made Alice Medrich's cooked buttercream with yolks and while it makes a good tasting icing, it was too yellow for me. I tried substituting egg whites and it was still an off white because of the butter. I think I'll stick with the IMBC icing recipe I use.
Thanks! I would consider maybe trying this buttercream for simple cakes for the family to try it out. But now that I am typing about it, my MIL has issues with her cholesterol, so maybe I will just try it once with them and see but not make it too often.
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