Lemon Curd - Help

Decorating By tonenia Updated 28 Aug 2006 , 12:54pm by springlakecake

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tonenia Posted 25 Aug 2006 , 7:48pm
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Can any of you Please tell me about lemon curd. I bought some at the store but do you mix it with BC or do you just use the lemon curd by itself? I need to bake a cake and want to use lemon curd but just not sure how to use it. Thanks for your help! icon_smile.gif

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yh9080 Posted 25 Aug 2006 , 7:57pm
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Level your cakes and put a thin coat of buttercream on them to keep the lemon curd from soaking into the cake. Make a dam with stiff buttercream and then just spread the lemon curd in the middle/

If you want, you can mix the lemon curd with the buttercream but I always use it just by itself..

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tonenia Posted 25 Aug 2006 , 8:04pm
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TyH, I'll try that. I know when I used raspberry filling for a wedding cake that was traveling I mixed it with the BC but for some reason to me that takes away from the taste of the filling. Thanks for your help!

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CandyLady Posted 25 Aug 2006 , 10:32pm
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I mix mine with buttercream for a luscious taste but I would also use the dam for the filling. Little softer than the buttercream when mixed.
They have so many wonderful curds at my grocery store from pumpkin to strawberry....you could just spread that between layers without mixing with buttercream.

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yh9080 Posted 26 Aug 2006 , 12:27pm
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Candylady, what grocery store do you shop at? I love the idea of having all those curds to select from!

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CandyLady Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 11:32am
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I shop at Heinens and Giant Eagle here in Ohio.

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springlakecake Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 12:54pm
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I make my own (wilton version...its good!) it is thick enough that it doesnt really need a crumb coat. But you can mix it with BC or plain. It is good either way. It depends on how sweet you want your cake to be. I did a cake in fondant so I added the curd to the butter cream in one torted layer and just plain lemon in the other two. I just wanted a little more sweetness since there wasnt so much bc on the outside of the cake.

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