Mascarpone frosting (VIDEO)
This silky mascarpone frosting is the perfect frosting on your cupcakes or cakes. Pipes beautifully and unlike some other frostings, does not include tons of sugar so it is very well balanced in sweetness. Make this delicious, velvety-smooth frosting in less than 5 minutes using 3 simple ingredients.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 150 g Mascarpone (41% fat content, cold)
- 120 g Heavy Cream (36% fat content, cold)
- 40 g Powdered sugar (sifted)
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- 1
Place the mascarpone into a mixing bowl. Add very cold heavy cream to the bowl along with sifted powdered sugar
- 2
Whip it up with an electric hand mixer. Add the vanilla bean paste, if desired.
- 3
When the frosting reaches a fluffy (after 2-3 minutes), pipeable consistency, stop right there and do not overmix. If you continue beating the frosting, it will separate and gets runny
- 4
Use the frosting according to the recipe
- 5
Store refrigerated for 1-2 days in an airtight container