should have more sugar. I took a professional cake decorating class and our instructor had us use Italian meringue buttercream. It is not very sweet and has a beautiful finish. It is not as simple to make as American buttercream...

Is that the cake with cannoli filling and almonds around the sides. I call that Italian Wedding Cake.

). When I’ve made an Italian meringue buttercream, I’ve usually whipped the egg whites to no more than soft peak and added boiling sugar syrup (I think to the softball stage). whip until cool, add butter. Incredibly...

I’m planning on making a vanilla biscuit, brushing it with an almond and ginger flavored simple syrup, filling it with a peach puree reduced with some ginger, rolling, and frosting with an almond italian meringue...

've ended up with something more like mint chocolate chip ice cream. Not a bad thing at all, but it doesn’t sound like the effect you’re aiming for. A rum buttercream - and I absolutely prefer a real buttercream made...

to perfection!!! and the chocolate italian meringue buttercream can’t be beat!

The traditional frosting for Lady Baltimore Cake uses an Italian Meringue as a base. Made with a cooked syrup added to beaten egg white before the fruits and nuts are included. Buttercream frostings weren’t used in the South...

ganache that were wonderful... ideal for people like me who love cake, but don’t want it so sweet it makes your teeth ache! Even their buttercream icing was not cloyingly sweet and is more the Italian style buttercream that...

I used a bunch of yolks on Saturday and still have 10 egg whites in a tupperware in my fridge. I am risking life/limb/salmonella if I use them (say, specifically, for an Italian meringue buttercream?).

I don’t have a specific buttercream recipe for you (sorry, not at home), but in the past I’ve used an Italian buttercream recipe (they’re pretty generic—make a simple syrup of sugar and water heated to...

used in the recipe. It’s basically a white cake, but with that extra boost of vanilla. Here’s the link: http://www.recipezaar.com/Vanilla-Bean-Cake-307910 I iced it with a classic Italian buttercream that was also...

It tastes like American buttercream—butter, confectioners sugar, cream/milk, vanilla. I’m pretty sure it’s not italian or swiss buttercream because it’s heavier. I’m not sure what you mean by icing,...

True buttercreams can be tricky, and my experience has been that Italian buttercreams are much more difficult to make than Swiss buttercreams.(For an Italian Buttercream, you pour hot sugar syrup into egg yolks, beat the mixture...

hello all!! I am new here and was hoping someone might be able to help me with a good buttercreme recipie...... I am looking for a thick consistancy little rich , and not* taste like icing sugar or vanilla...... smooth taste ,...

I’ve been to Poetessa twice – the food was decent, I think I had an okay bowl of pasta, but it doesn’t have that togetherness that comes from a thoughtful person running a restaurant. I think there are much...