Recipe for strawberry buttercream please

stimpy27

Hi,

Does anyone have a recipe for strawberry buttercream. I need it to be of a consistency where i can pipe it onto some cupcakes for a friends wedding. (I am sure that this is really easy but I'm a useless cook!!)

Also I am hoping to pipe their names in chocolate onto greaseproof paper and then place on top - a bit like this.....
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3560946444_bef6e20be9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgevaux/3560946444/&usg=__cDTxhnWBWPUEh7IT6iT1Q73lZzA=&h=500&w=333&sz=117&hl=en&start=1&sig2=m-7s7Zd4RaPCZ_2Pxglp2g&um=1&tbnid=RxjdnXAQlDh_rM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3D30th%2Bcupcake%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SNYJ_enGB310GB310%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&ei=EC9DSpCkKYmxjAfFg8mmDw

Any advice would be most welcome
Thanks

Penelope_Penguin

stimpy27 wrote: »

Hi,

Does anyone have a recipe for strawberry buttercream. I need it to be of a consistency where i can pipe it onto some cupcakes for a friends wedding. (I am sure that this is really easy but I'm a useless cook!!)

Also I am hoping to pipe their names in chocolate onto greaseproof paper and then place on top - a bit like this.....
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3560946444_bef6e20be9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgevaux/3560946444/&usg=__cDTxhnWBWPUEh7IT6iT1Q73lZzA=&h=500&w=333&sz=117&hl=en&start=1&sig2=m-7s7Zd4RaPCZ_2Pxglp2g&um=1&tbnid=RxjdnXAQlDh_rM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3D30th%2Bcupcake%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SNYJ_enGB310GB310%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&ei=EC9DSpCkKYmxjAfFg8mmDw

Any advice would be most welcome
Thanks

Don't know about the buttercream - if you use fresh strawberry it's likely to be too watery to pipe, and IMHO, strawberry flavouring tastes vile

For the names - write what you want to pipe onto a sheet of greaseproof, and follow the lines in piping. Do get plenty of practice - it's not easy to do well

Penny. x

charliee_3

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/strawberry-meringue-buttercream

this one looks good?

celyn90

I'd use strawberry jam instead of strawberries for the flavouring - I've tried with mashed strawberries and it's only fine for a day or so and the icing is very wet and the piping doesn't hold it's shape. I would also sieve out the seeds or use a seedless jam and have a pot of colouring on hand so you can make it a bit more pink. Synthetic strawberry flavouring is truly grim stuff and stains dreadfully

For chocolate lettering, make sure you pipe at least twice the number you need as they will fracture and melt when you pick them up. I have had a little more luck with adding a dollop (sorry I can't be more specific!) of liquid glucose to the melted chocolate to make it a little softer (for modelling chocolate I use 1/3 cup to 10 oz of plain chocolate - that sets hard but is pliable enough to shape like modelling clay when it gets a bit warmer, so should pipe fine). I've never had any luck with white chocolate, so would stick to dark as it doesn't get all crystalline and split. I admit I use tesco value dark chocolate for everything and it works really well.

best of luck cel x

stimpy27

Thank you very much, i'll get cooking!!