Meringue Buttercream
photo by Liza at Food.com
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
10 cups
ingredients
- 354.88 ml egg whites, at room temperature
- 709.77 ml sugar
- 1360.77 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 14.79 ml vanilla extract or 14.79 ml other flavoring
directions
- In a large bowl, combine the egg whites and the sugar and whisk until well blended; (yes, your arm will get tired).
- Set the bowl on top of a double boiler, or transfer mixture to the top pan of a double boiler and whisk constantly until the mixture is hot to the touch.
- Transfer to your mixer's bowl and beat on High with the whisk attachment until the bowl has cooled to the touch and the meringue forms stiff peaks.
- While beating on medium speed,slowly add the room temperature butter about 1/4 cup at a time.
- When all the butter has been added, it should be thick and creamy.
- Add the vanilla and blend until combined.
- This can be stored at room temperature for up to a day, refrigerated up to a week, and frozen up to a month.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kay D.
Simpsonville, South Carolina