Mascarpone Cheese Filling

This delicious frosting made with Italian cheese is a delicious and light filling to add to cupcakes, cake or even pies! Be careful not to over beat your filling in order to avoid it from curdling.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Yield

Makes 4.5 cups

Ingredients

1 ^1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, very cold1 cup mascarpone cheese at room temperature1/2 cup granulated sugar

Equipment

Measuring spoonMeasuring cupsMixing bowls of various sizesSpatulaStand mixer with whisk attachmentDish towel

Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

With whisk attachment, beat 1 ½ cups heavy cream on high speed until fluffy/stiff and spreadable, about 1 ½ to 2 minutes. Don’t overmix. Transfer to a bowl.

In the same bowl (no need to wash the bowl or whisk after the whipped cream), beat softened cheese and sugar on high speed until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed.

Use a This word has been an eternal struggle amongst Growing Chefs staff. Is it a flipper? Is it a mixer? Is it offset? All I can tell you is that it is a cooking utensil with a wide, flat blade that is not sharp.spatula to A technique used to gently mix two ingredients together to create a light fluffy consistency. Start by scooping around the outside of the bowl and cutting through the centre. Turn the bowl and repeat the process.fold whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until very well blended (refrigerate frosting if not used right away).

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