It is difficult to believe, but a delicious cream for any confectionery sweets can be prepared from ordinary marshmallows, without making much effort. There are no risks that the cream will exfoliate, it will turn out to be very liquid, or, conversely, it will thicken and you will have to bite it off. You don’t need to memorize a cream recipe that is too long, watch a lot of videos on the Internet, buy in-store products that are not always clear and then don’t know in what sequence it is better to combine them. And it’s not worth learning from a cooking guru at all. You can do it yourself at home.
This is a very affordable and easy option to surprise your loved ones without a lot of investment or expense.
Cream with oil
Cream of marshmallows and butter can be easily prepared without adding sugar. You only need butter (one package) and marshmallows - 8 slices. Marshmallows, you can choose any according to personal preference. In the cream itself, you can also put various flavors, vanillin, dyes and other flavors.
Cooking method.
The secret to making marshmallow cream is to follow a few quick steps:
- First you need to take the butter and cut it into small pieces.
- Then put the marshmallows in a container and place in the microwave for about half a minute (depending on the capacity of the microwave). The product should double.
- Then you need to knead the marshmallows with a mixer and, in turn, add a piece of oil to it.
- When half the butter has already been whipped with marshmallows, rearrange the bowl in a bowl of cool water and continue whisking with a mixer, slowly adding the butter.
- After all the oil has been added, continue whipping the mass for a while.
- That's all. Marshmallow cream is ready. If you wish, you should transfer it to a pastry bag and carefully decorate the pastries with it.
Marshmallow cake
Reading further, you can find a cream recipe for marshmallow cake and understand how easy it is to prepare.
Essential Ingredients:
- Marshmallows (without glaze, without sprinkling) - 800 grams.
- Condensed milk - 350 ml.
- Butter - 350 grams.
- Additive to taste - nuts, marmalade, sour fruits or berries.
Cooking method.
Butter should be softened with a fork or slightly heated in a microwave. Prepare the filling: fry the nuts and chop, chop the fruit, marmalade or berries, let stand to allow the juice to stack. The filling should not be watery. Beat the butter with a mixer and gradually add the condensed milk to it. Beat without stopping. For flavor, you can add cognac (one or two teaspoons). We divide the marshmallows into halves, put them with their caps down on the dish. In those places where voids formed, we chop the marshmallows and fill them with gaps. Then it is necessary to smear everything with cream, lay on top a fruit or berry filling with a thin layer. Sour fruits and berries can be orange, red or black currants, kiwi, cranberries. Cover with the remaining parts of the marshmallow and can be decorated with nuts.
Everything. The cake is ready!
Banana cake
Below is a recipe that can surprise loved ones with its incomparable taste, and the hostess with its simplicity in cooking. It also uses marshmallow cream for the cake.
For cream, you need to take marshmallows, cream, milk, butter and gelatin. To prepare a cream of marshmallows and cream, first cut the marshmallows and 270 grams of butter and put them in a bowl of cream (it is advisable to take them fatter, 35%). Leave on for 30 minutes.
In the meantime, take 3-4 plates of gelatin and soak it in 150 ml of milk (fat content 3.5%). When the gelatin begins to swell (after about 15 minutes), you should rearrange the pan on the fire and begin to slowly stir until it is completely dissolved. Then transfer the hot container to a pot of cool water and leave to cool.
Then you need to take 100 grams of almost liquid butter (82%) and quickly begin to mix it with a mixer. at the same time add in small portions the marshmallow. After all the marshmallows is poured into the oil, add the cooled gelatin. Then also rearrange the container in a cold pot with chilled water and continue to beat for a few more minutes. On this marshmallow cream is ready.
In finished form, you should get about one liter of cream.
You can start assembling a banana cake.
To do this, put a sponge cake on the bottom of a detachable round shape. You can buy it already ready in the store or cook it yourself.
Sponge cake
To get biscuit cake, beat 2 chicken eggs with 150 grams of sugar, gradually introduce sifted flour (150 grams). Mix everything thoroughly. Lubricate the baking dish with butter. Put the prepared dough into the mold. Preheat the oven 170-180 degrees. Put the cake to bake for 15 minutes. The readiness of the cake can be checked with a toothpick. Before assembling the cake, the cakes should be cooled.
You can soak it with brandy with sugar syrup. But it is worthwhile to understand that if the cakes are saturated, they will become too wet and will fall apart. The first cake is well soaked in marshmallow cream and spread the second biscuit cake, put sliced banana mugs on it. It must be remembered that if you cut the bananas too early, they will darken. And so that they do not lose their original appearance, you can sprinkle slices with lemon juice. When the bananas are laid out on the second layer, coat them with cream. Then again a layer of biscuit, then cream and a mug of banana. The cake consists of three layers of banana.
It should be remembered that marshmallows are sweet in themselves, so adding a lot of sugar when baking a biscuit is not worth it. Bananas are also sweet fruits in themselves, so you can add sourness in the cake in the form of kiwi or berries.
The density of the cream allows you to apply it in a thick layer, do not be afraid that it will leak out, because it contains gelatin, which means that it will harden. And even if a small part of the cream “runs away”, it will look like beautiful smudges.
After assembling the cake, you should put it in a dark cool place for impregnation. Better left overnight. If the storage place is a refrigerator, it is better to cover the cake with foil, so it does not absorb extraneous odors.
On top of the cake, you can decorate with marshmallow cream and add any sprinkles on top. You can add fruit.
The cake is ready!
Muffin Cream
A marshmallow cream recipe can be easily used not only for cakes, but also, for example, for muffins. Such a sweet and rich cream is easy for lemon muffins. For muffins, the dough can be prepared from butter (100 grams), premium flour (150 grams), an egg - 1 pc., Icing sugar (25 grams) and grated lemon zest on a fine grater - 1 lemon. All components are mixed in a bowl, then poured into special disposable paper or reusable silicone molds and placed in a preheated oven for 17 minutes, the predefined temperature of which is 180 degrees. After they are baked, leave them to cool and on top we beautifully decorate with a hat of cream. Wonderful dessert is ready!
Cream on cookies
Marshmallow cream can be used on gingerbread cookies, which are easy to make from flour (250 grams), quenched with boiling water soda (1 teaspoon), butter (250 grams), ground ginger (2 teaspoons) and one yolk. All components are mixed and baked in special molds (little men, Christmas trees, stars) or are formed to your taste. Then bake for 10 or 15 minutes in the oven at a minimum temperature of 170 degrees. After cooling, the cream is laid out with a spoon on the cookie. Cookies are ready to eat. Marshmallow cream is good because it can even be painted with special culinary colors. This will delight and entertain the children. And then they will eat their delicious creations with pleasure. Wonderful is a cookie with marshmallow cream, a photo of which is presented in the article.
Cream Muffins
They can be lemon.
Or chocolate.
Cream cakes
Now it is obvious that you should not be afraid to try to make a cream of marshmallows. It does not take much time, and even an inexperienced mistress can easily cope with it. Such a cream is a budget replacement for expensive meringue components. And it looks like a cream like a work of art. Guests will be pleasantly surprised by the mastery of the hostess and will endow her with many compliments.