Mascarpone cream for a cake according to a step by step 🍰 recipe with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils: stove or frying top, deep container, whisk, liter stewpan, kitchen scale, measuring cup, tablespoon, teaspoon.

Ingredients

Mascarpone cheese	250 g
Jerusalem artichoke syrup	8-10 Art. l
Egg yolk	3 pcs.
Milk	300 ml
Flour	30 g
Vanilla extract	1 tsp

Step cooking

We place 3 egg yolks in a deep container, add 30 g of flour and 8-10 tbsp to them. l Jerusalem artichoke syrup, then mix everything with a whisk for homogeneity. Pour 300 ml of milk into the stew-pan, put on the stove, set the fire on a medium level and bring the liquid to a boil, then immediately remove it from the stove and let it cool slightly.
Pour hot milk into the yolk mixture and mix thoroughly with a whisk.
Pour the obtained yolk-milk mixture into the stewpan, set the fire on a medium level and cook the mixture until it thickens, constantly stirring with a whisk so that it does not burn.
When the mixture has thickened, remove the stewpan from the fire, put the finished custard in a deep container and leave to cool. When the cream has completely cooled, add 250 g of Mascarpone cheese and 1 tsp. vanilla extract, then mix thoroughly until we get a homogeneous mass.
We apply the finished cream to the surface of the cakes, put them in a cake and decorate on top to our liking.

Important! Mascarpone cream cheese is not always found in the store, so you can make it yourself if you wish. To do this, put on a small fire a pan with 1 liter of cream with a fat content of at least 33% and leave to heat. While the cream is boiling, dilute in 1 tbsp. l water ¼ tsp citric acid and add to the cream when the first signs of boiling appear.

Constantly stirring, wait for the cream to thicken, then drop them onto a gauze covered with a colander or sieve, collect the ends of the fabric and hang the cheese for at least 2 hours to make the glass serum. After 2 hours, remove the cheesecloth and put the finished cheese from it into the container.

Video recipe

To see how the cream thickens in a saucepan during heating, consider the process of mixing cream with Mascarpone or admire an already finished product, just watch the video recipe.

There are many options for using Mascarpone cream cheese for making creams, but this recipe helps to get an airy and at the same time dense mass that holds its shape well. The taste of this cream can be changed by adding zest, this will give it a light citrus note. It is worth noting that such a cream is prepared several hours before the assembly of the cake begins.

Have you tasted this light and delicate cream for cakes? Do you like this recipe? What would you like to add or change in it? Do you have a favorite cake decorating option? Tell how you use Mascarpone cheese to decorate and layer desserts to other lovers of homemade pastries, and they will certainly apply your advice when preparing delicious desserts.