Have You Mixed Lemon Curd With Buttercream?

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cookielicious Posted 10 Feb 2006 , 8:24pm
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I need to make lemon filling for a yellow cake today! I was wondering if anyone has mixed in the lemon curd with buttercream or if this was even a good idea? I usually use the lemon curd all by itself...

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hn87519 Posted 10 Feb 2006 , 8:30pm
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I think you can do this.


Let's see if someone else chimes in....

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crisseyann Posted 10 Feb 2006 , 8:36pm
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I just saw this posted on another thread.

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One of my favorite fillings is 1 part lemon curd to one part buttercream. It is excellent. You could substitiute any kind of curd--gives it a bit of tang mederated by the buttercream. With the Vanilla cake--the sky is the limit. Adding any fruit preserve plain or with buttercream is good. You can also add a bit of fruit puree to the buttercream for filling.

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JennT Posted 11 Feb 2006 , 1:07am
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I haven't done it with lemon curd, but I have used orange curd...made the same as lemon, but with oj juice & zest. It is divine!! Give it a try with the lemon & I bet you'll love it! icon_smile.gif

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ashianadotkom Posted 11 Feb 2006 , 4:04am
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I have done this and it is great.!!! thumbs_up.gif

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MelC Posted 11 Feb 2006 , 1:35pm
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I do it with IMBC and it's divine!!!

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Jenn123 Posted 13 Feb 2006 , 2:01am
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Mmmmmmm! Lemon curd between the layers and mixed with buttercream outside. It's the BEST! Just don't put too much curd in the mixture. It will get runny if you overdo it.

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laneysmom Posted 13 Feb 2006 , 2:07am
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Yes!!! I mix it with IMBC and it's fabulous!!!!!! Everyone always compliments it!!

Diane

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Nermal03 Posted 13 Feb 2006 , 4:19am
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I do it because some people find the lemon curd to be too much. So i tone it down with BC it's great and you get a tangy sweet sour taste.

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soygurl Posted 13 Feb 2006 , 4:23am
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I've never done it with regular BC, but its great mixed with IMBC, and I imagine it would be good with regular BC too!

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texastwinkie Posted 13 Feb 2006 , 4:25am
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I mix it with buttercream and everyone loves it!

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Bonne Bouche Posted 23 Sep 2015 , 12:40pm
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In my experience doing this it depends totally on what kind of butter cream recipe you use.  If you use an Italian or Swiss butter cream, which involves a meringue and real butter, adding a curd or even preserve to it has to be done very carefully.  Add just a bit too much and it separates.  a 1:1 ratio of curd to buttercream is too much curd.  If you are using raw powdered sugar and shortening or Sweetex it's probably not as crucial, but I don't use that butter cream-- ever.

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