Recipe: Maple Swiss Meringue Buttercream
I love maple. Almost as much as cinnamon. I decided it was time to make maple buttercream. Maple Swiss Meringue Buttercream: 7 egg whites 2 cups (400g) brown sugar 2 cups (500g) butter 1 tbsp maple flavoring 1/2 tsp salt Separate the eggs, putting the egg whites in a heat-safe bowl (either metal or glass). Whisk in brown sugar. The mixture will be thick. Heat over a double boiler until the mixture is thin, frothy, there are no sugar grains left and the mixture feels hot to the touch. It should be thin like this. Beat the sugar-egg mixture until it reaches room temperature. And is white and glossy and gorgeous. It should also be about soft peaks. Beat in the butter about 2 tbsp at a time. Beat in maple flavoring and salt. Continue beating until the mixture reaches buttercream consistency. The recipe is great because it basically doesn't have much color. It's basically off-white. Isn't that beautiful? But, my experience is that people often don't think something ta...