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Peanut Butter Cream Filling People go nuts for this divine filling. Ingredients… • 150g (51⁄4oz) soft unsalted (sweet) butter • 300g (101⁄2oz) smooth or crunchy peanut butter • 150g (51⁄4oz) sifted icing (confectioners’) sugar • 2.5ml (1⁄2 tsp) vanilla extract • 15ml (1 tbsp) milk 1 Beat the butter and peanut butter together with an electric whisk or freestanding mixer until light and fluffy. 2 Slowly beat in the sifted icing (confectioners’) sugar and vanilla, adding milk as needed, until well incorporated. Delicious in… A chocolate whoopie Chocolate Ganache Topping This decadent chocolate topping is best made the night before and allowed to cool and thicken naturally. However, the process can be speeded up by placing the bowl in the fridge for a few hours. Ingredients… • 300ml (10 fl oz) double cream • 150g (51⁄4oz) milk chocolate • 150g (51⁄4oz) plain (semisweet) chocolate (minimum 50 percent cocoa solids) 1 Pour the cream into a saucepan and gently bring it to the boil, stirring to prevent burning. Break the chocolate into squares and put in a large bowl. 2 Once the cream comes to the boil, take off the heat and pour over the chocolate, stirring until all the chocolate has melted. Set aside to cool and thicken. Spread thickly on top of your whoopies. Delicious in… A vanilla whoopie Sugarpaste This is widely available in major supermarkets and online. Sugarpaste (rolled fondant) is easy to roll and colour (see Techniques), and is perfect as a base for many designs. A large number of whoopies in this book begin with a circle of sugarpaste fixed to the top. Petal Paste Also known as flower paste, this is similar to sugarpaste but hardens quicker and can be rolled out much more thinly without breaking. It dries to a hard, china-like finish and is perfect for making more delicate items such as cut-out numbers, flowers and butterflies. Petal paste is available in white and in many different colours from specialist sugarcraft shops and online. Royal Icing Royal icing is widely used for piping and sticking. It is readily available as a packet mix from many supermarkets but can be very easily made at home. This recipe makes approximately 250g (4–5 heaped tbsp), which can then be coloured as desired (see Techniques). Ingredients… Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.
