Rich hazelnut buttercream
This delicious preparation is an alternative to almond frangipane: a nutty buttercream enriched with eggs, designed to be cooked into various pastries.
158 K 3.9/5 (68 reviews)
40 min.
Easy
2 kg 850 g
6 IngredientsLast modified on: November 15th 2017
For 2 kg 850 g, you will need:
- 1
750 g butter - 2
750 g ground hazelnuts - 3
750 g icing sugar - 4
9 eggs - 5
75 g cornflour - 6
6 tablespoons rum (optional) - Total weight: 2,775 grams
Change these quantities to make:
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 10 min.
Resting: 30 min.
All in all: 40 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a mixer bowl: 750 g butter (cut into small pieces), 750 g ground hazelnuts, 750 g icing sugar, 9 eggs, 75 g cornflour and 6 tablespoons rum (optional).
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Start the mixer on slow speed and beat until evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Your rich hazelnut buttercream is ready.
Refrigerate in a sealed container for at least half an hour before using.
Refrigerate in a sealed container for at least half an hour before using.
Remarks
Do be careful when choosing the ground hazelnuts. Buy the best quality you can, as recent as possible and preferably organic. These will be dearer, of course, but so much better.
For an even more intense hazelnut flavour, use a hazelnut liqueur instead of the rum.
You might like to try making a hazelnut frangipane, by adding 350 g of cold confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream) to the finished hazelnut buttercream. This should be added a little at a time with the mixer running.
For an even more intense hazelnut flavour, use a hazelnut liqueur instead of the rum.
You might like to try making a hazelnut frangipane, by adding 350 g of cold confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream) to the finished hazelnut buttercream. This should be added a little at a time with the mixer running.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge in a sealed container. Freezes very well.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 180 RDI=70 % | 930 RDI=90 % | 1,140 RDI=170 % | 14,970 RDI=750 % | 62,680 RDI: 750 % |
| Per 100 g | 6 RDI=3 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 540 RDI=30 % | 2,260 RDI: 30 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 kg 850 g : 19.15 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Some other recipes using this recipe
Rhubarb-hazelnut tart
You may already be familiar with the classic rhubarb tart, but here's a rhubarb-hazelnut version in which the rhubarb doesn't need to be cooked beforehand.
8,366 1 hour 20 min.
Tarte Jurassienne
This tarte jurassienne (from France's Jura region) has a sweetcrust pastry case, filled with rich hazelnut buttercream and topped with a rosette of apple slices that have been sautéed in Macvin du Jura liqueur.
72 K 25 1 hour 20 min.
Plum tart "En passant par la Lorraine"
This tart - with a nod to the French children's song - features produce the Lorraine region is famous for: plums and hazelnuts. The small, sweet mirabelles contrast with the larger plums and make the most of the different varieties.
43 K 1 hour 60 min.
Galette de Fougerolles
This Galette de Fougerolles is a flattish cake filled with a hazelnut buttercream and topped just before baking with a "craquelin" (sweet cracker) crust, studded with griottine cherries.
47 K 3 hours 25 min.
This recipe uses (among others)
Ground hazelnuts
Like these other recipes: Tyrolean apple crumble, Piedmont pyramids, Smart plum tart, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, ... See them all 11
Icing sugar
Like these other recipes: Brioche slices with almond cream, Nanou's chocolate cake, Gâteau Nantais, Walnut paste, Millefeuille, ... See them all 59
Butter
Like these other recipes: Old style brioche, Four quarters, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, Sautéd broccoli with ham, ... See them all 461
Cornflour
Like these other recipes: Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Peach and verbena feuilleté, Langoustine gratin, Du Barry soup, Mushroom velouté, ... See them all 33
Other recipes you may also like
Croute à thé
Under this strange name (literally "crust for tea") there hides a delicious cake in crusty sweet pastry, filled with a smooth almond mixture and icing sugar on top. It's an excellent cake for tea time, but it goes very well with fruit salad for example.May 5th 2021306 K 14.9 1 hour 15 min.
Almond macaroon cake
This is a cake version of an almond meringue, moister and denser in texture. This cake can be eaten on its own or made smaller, like finger biscuits. It can also be used as the base in a boozy dessert, such as a framboisier.December 30th 201958 K4.3 60 min.
Chocolate tart
As you can see, there's very little added sugar in this recipe, so it's a very chocolatey and bitter-sweet tart.November 16th 2013293 K 15 2 hours 30 min.
Almond cream or frangipane
Light and delicious, it is used in a lot of desserts like tarts, cakes and pies (epiphany galette).January 23th 2022457 K 25 45 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-03-30)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.