Condensed milk has a pleasant creamy taste, adored by many sweet tooths. Even just spreading it on a bun or a slice of white bread, you can get an amazing dessert from childhood. Every housewife knows that this product makes a very delicate and tasty buttercream for cakes. There are hundreds of recipe variations, but real confectioners have their own secrets for preparing the perfect one. Condensed or concentrated milk gives it an amazing, unique taste, and a layer based on it is suitable for a variety of recipes: for vanilla and sponge cake, for puff and honey cakes.
It combines with most additives that confectioners prefer to add to cake fillings. Most recipes for condensed milk cake creams are simple; even a beginner who is preparing his first dessert in an attempt to surprise family and friends can cope with them.
The simplest recipes based on concentrated milk are two-component mixtures, that is, one more ingredient is added to condensed milk, thoroughly stirred or whipped, the result is an amazing layer for a cake or pie.
You can add butter, whipped cream or sour cream to condensed milk to create cream. The percentage ratio of oil and condensed milk is 1:2. Pre-soften the butter, then beat for 1-2 minutes. After this, pour in the condensed milk and beat again.
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You can use chocolate butter instead of regular butter. A delicate taste will be obtained by adding sour cream or cream. Here the product shares are equal. You need to take 400 grams of condensed milk, the same amount of cream or sour cream. First, whip the cream or sour cream, then gradually pour in the condensed milk product, thoroughly mixing the resulting composition.
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For all these recipes, you can use either light condensed milk or a boiled product.
In addition to the simplest recipes that do not require time to prepare, housewives make much more intricate variations based on condensed milk, suitable for different cakes or for a specific type of baking. Here, imagination is not limited - you can put various fresh or dried fruits and berries, cognac or aromatic liqueur, chocolate chips or mixed nuts. How to make cognac at home is written in.
Condensed milk is accompanied by cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs, margarine - almost everything that can be found in the refrigerator is suitable for this or that recipe.
These recipes are among the favorites among pastry chefs. They are useful for many types of baking.
The classic recipe for condensed butter cream for a sweet pie includes:
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You can make buttercream from boiled milk. It will require:
Several types of nuts/dried fruits or one favorite are suitable for the recipe. Here the hostess can choose for herself what she likes best. Stages:
butter with boiled condensed milk
You can surprise your guests if you add coffee flavor to the layer. For this chocolate cream you need to take:
For those with a special sweet tooth, you can add a couple of tablespoons of sugar. For those who like not too sweet pastries, experienced pastry chefs advise adding a few drops of lemon juice. Preparation:
It is better to spread the layer right away, preferably on warm cakes, so the impregnation will be better. If the filling hardens, it must be softened again for use.
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The main rule in sour cream for sponge cakes is the highest possible fatty quality sour cream so that the composition does not spread.
In addition to simply mixing the condensed product with sour cream, confectioners often prepare another option. It will require:
Steps for preparing sour cream cream:
How to use sour cream for baking:
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The following recipe for a sour cream layer for a cake contains gelatin, so it tends to harden and hold its shape. It is ideal for tall cakes. To prepare it you need:
Milk can be replaced with juice, coffee, cocoa or other liquid. This produces different shades of taste.
A good addition to this recipe would be fresh coconut or shavings. You can prepare a dessert reminiscent of Bounty or Raffaello candies.
For a delicate curd cream, the following ingredients are needed:
cream with cottage cheese
It’s good to add berries or fruits, as well as cocoa or zest.
An interesting option is obtained by adding yolks. For the layer you need:
cream with yolks
Fruit and berry additions are amazing additions to any filling. Fresh, frozen or dried - in any form they add zest to baked goods.
The most popular recipes with fruit involve adding citrus fruits or bananas.
For the version with citrus notes you will need:
If the orange is not sweet, you need to add sugar to taste. You can also replace the orange with lemon, which will require even more sugar.
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A delicate texture with a pleasant aftertaste is obtained in the recipe with bananas. Here you will need:
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You can add any aromatic alcohol to the cream (rum, whiskey or liqueurs with various flavors).
The recipe with the addition of an alcoholic note includes the following products:
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cream with cognac
You can also add alcoholic essence to sour cream. For this recipe you need:
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If you need to save money and make a budget version of the filling for biscuits, margarine comes to the aid of housewives.
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The recipe is very simple:
For some sweet tooths, chocolate is an integral part of every dessert. To combine milk with a chocolate note you need to take:
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For white chocolate lovers, there is an amazing recipe with coconut. It requires:
white chocolate cream
The most delicious filling is made with heavy cream. It requires:
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This type of filling is loved by many. It takes a little more time, but the result is worth it. For the recipe you need:
adding milk to custard
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Buttercream is good both for spreading on sponge cakes when warm, and for creating decorations. Roses and rosettes made from it will hold up well if you put this cake in the refrigerator.
buttercream cake decoration
It is also suitable for cupcakes and muffins; “hats” of various shapes are made from it.
Eclairs, nuts from childhood and other cakes are a good option for adding butter and condensed milk filling.
Chocolate cream is suitable for frosting shortbread, puff, honey and sponge cakes. You can also eat it plain with a bun.
Various cakes are made from custard, for example, the famous “Napoleon”. It is also good for creating your own dessert. The base is placed in a bowl, grated berries or fruits are added to it, and whipped cream serves as decoration.
The sour cream layer is good for spreading soft porous cakes, but is not suitable for creating decorations, since it does not hold its shape at all.
The curd version of the cream goes well with various cakes and pastries: profiteroles, eclairs, all kinds of biscuits and muffins. It can be used for decoration, but it is better to do this immediately before serving, since the curd filling holds its shape worse than butter filling, and may also turn slightly yellow during long-term storage.
In cupcakes, recipes with concentrated dairy product can be used both for decoration and filling. The recipe for the cupcake cream will be the same:
This amount is enough for 5-6 servings:
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The layer for cakes based on boiled milk has a beautiful caramel shade and is thicker, which means it is suitable for beginners.
For the simplest version of boiled condensed milk cream you need:
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Another recipe is also extremely simple. It requires:
To prepare, both products are mixed and used as a layer for a cake or. The taste can be varied with fruits or flavor essences.
For or you can prepare the filling with cheese. Let's take for it:
Steps on how to make filling from boiled condensed milk:
boiled condensed milk and mascarpone cheese
To make good cream with condensed milk, confectioners must choose high-quality fresh products. To prevent the future layer of the cake from spreading, all dairy ingredients should be as fat as possible.
If, however, the consistency turns out to be liquid, you can always add a little oil or gelatin to the layer.
Nuts and any berry or fruit mixtures are long-awaited guests of any layer. There is no need to be afraid to experiment here. This way, any boring dessert can sparkle with new colors. Perhaps you will discover your own unique recipe and won’t want to tell anyone how to make awesome condensed milk cream using it.
The dilemma arises, what kind of cream to soak the cake in order to make the cake juicy, but at the same time light. Many chefs, having finished baking the dough, begin to prepare cream from sour cream and condensed milk - the fastest and most delicious way to emphasize the taste of the cake at minimal cost.
The first version of cream with condensed milk
To prepare cream from condensed milk and sour cream, you will need a small amount of ingredients and time. It is necessary to beat a can of boiled condensed milk with 400 g of fat sour cream until creamy. Sour cream must be fresh and well chilled. Some people use a combination of cream and sour cream instead of fatty sour cream, and if you add a little more gelatin to the cream, it will not spread out of the cakes, although it will lose a little of its especially delicate consistency. There is also an interesting variation of this cream: if desired, you can add ground walnuts and a couple of tablespoons of cognac to the sour cream, then the cake will be even more aromatic. Creams made with sour cream and cream should not be stored for more than 5 hours in the refrigerator.
The second method of preparing impregnation with condensed milk
Cream from sour cream and condensed milk can be prepared in another way: beat butter softened at room temperature (1 stick) with a small amount of sour cream together with powdered sugar (a little more than half a glass) until a fluffy white mass is formed. While beating, gradually add condensed milk (you will need half a can in total). After all the sour cream has gone, continue whisking for about 15 minutes.
To enhance the smell, you can add a pinch of vanillin. To prepare chocolate cream from sour cream and condensed milk, you can add a tablespoon of cocoa powder or liqueur to the fluffy mass. If the housewife wishes, the cream can be varied with a spoonful of jam or jam, as well as citrus juice and zest. This cream made from sour cream and condensed milk is richer and holds the shape of the baked goods better without spreading.
Classic sour cream
This type of cream is perhaps one of the most common in the world. Cream made from sour cream and sugar is perfect for honey-based cakes: the cream itself is quite liquid, and honey absorbs a large amount of moisture, resulting in tender and juicy cakes. The sour cream chilled in the refrigerator must be beaten with sugar and vanilla, but in order for the sugar grains to completely dissolve, the mixture must be set aside for 10-15 minutes. After a while, mix everything again. The less fatty sour cream you use for the cream, the more it will be absorbed. The slightly sour taste of sour cream softens the sweetness of honey - and the perfect duet is ready!
Curd and sour cream
To prepare it, cottage cheese (450 g) must be mixed in a blender with sour cream (350 g) and sugar (to taste) until a homogeneous mass without grains is formed. Gradually (if desired) pour in 3 tbsp. l. cognac and a little more honey and continue whisking. Cooks consider this cream made from sour cream and cottage cheese to be one of the simplest, so if you are just taking your first steps in cooking, we recommend this recipe.
When preparing any cake or sponge roll, cream plays an important role. Cream can both improve the taste of the biscuit and make it less tasty. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right cream for a specific biscuit.
Today I bring to your attention a cream made from boiled condensed milk and sour cream. This cream has a delicate, pleasant taste, with a slight sourness, and is great for sponge and honey cakes. It can also be used to fill eclairs, shortbread baskets and nuts. It can be spread on a piece of fresh bread or used as a topping for ice cream.
Preparing cream from boiled condensed milk is quite simple, because it contains only three ingredients that need to be whipped. But here it is very important that all ingredients, when mixed, have the same temperature, because this will prevent the cream from separating.
It is also very important to purchase real condensed milk to prepare this cream, and not a mixture of palm fats, sugar and milk powder. If the condensed milk contains only sugar and natural milk, as it should be, you will see how tasty this cream will turn out.
Just as important are the cakes. The proposed recipes based on condensed milk and sour cream are simple, quick to prepare, you just have to remember the limited shelf life of desserts.
The quality of the cream depends even more on the percentage of moisture in sour cream than on the amount of fat. If the product is not thick enough, it must be weighed out. Most descriptions recommend using electrical appliances for whipping. In practice, you can do this by hand, but some recipes require long, vigorous work.
Cream of sour cream and condensed milk for cake
Labeling with reference to GOST compliance does not always guarantee quality. After opening canned milk, you need to make sure that there are no foreign odors and that it is sufficiently thick. You can sweeten it a little and even thicken the mass by adding sweet powder. Add powder with a spoon, mixing it into the prepared cream.
The standard requirement is that the products used are natural. Only on a very modest budget is it permissible to replace butter with a high-quality spread. You can also use sour cream products, although this significantly affects the splendor of the mass.
The ideal ingredients are homemade sour cream and condensed milk prepared according to GOST. Flavoring additions, if they are required by the recipe, it is also advisable to use natural ones. The only exception is for essences that imitate alcohol. If it is undesirable to add alcoholic beverages, use a flavoring agent.
The table of possible ingredient substitutions will tell you what to do if a specific product is missing:
Product and replacement options | Whole condensed milk | Sour cream | Butter | Flavors |
Creams for decoration | Undesirable | Cream 30% | Homemade heavy cream | Undesirable |
Impregnation | Substitute or 1:1 mixture | Cream 20% | Spread | Acceptable |
As a separate dessert | Undesirable | Undesirable | Homemade cream | Undesirable |
Before calculating the likelihood of replacement, it is worth carefully studying the composition of the available products.
Technically, excess moisture needs to be removed from the product. It is difficult to work with a completely liquid mass; the percentage of thickness at the output will be low. It is optimal to use the recommended method for sour cream with a calorie content of 25% or higher. A large piece of gauze is folded several times, at least 4 layers should be obtained.
Place on a shallow bowl, forming a depression, put sour cream in it. Gathering the corners of the gauze to the middle, hang them by them low above the container, keep it there for up to 1.5 hours, and watch the liquid drain. As soon as the drops stop swelling on the gauze, transfer the sour cream to a clean bowl. Using the prepared product, measure the volume or mass after weighing.
The thickness of a particular cream depends not on the chosen recipe, but on the quality of the products used. Natural condensed milk and high-fat sour cream add density to the mass; recipes with butter after hardening, cottage cheese and gelatin also turn out thick.
The basic recipe is simple, made from two main ingredients. Adding flavoring is optional; it is also possible to replace vanilla with cognac or lemon juice.
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Cream made from sour cream and condensed milk for a cake is good even without vanilla. Despite the large amount of condensed milk, it does not seem cloying.
Thick cream is prepared from sour cream with 30 percent or higher fat content. This mass is suitable for decorating and coating cakes; it can be used to mold low volumetric decorations. Using an ingredient with a lower calorie content, whip up a soft cream for impregnation.
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In addition to the specified flavoring, you can add a drop of savory alcohol tincture to the mass. A similar taste is obtained if you choose a lemon with an orange tint of zest.
The taste and structure depend on the fat content in the oil. The product should consist exclusively of natural cream, with a total fat content of 72, or even better – 82%.
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Thanks to the addition of butter, the cream made from sour cream and condensed milk for the cake is greasy but tasty. It goes well with cocoa, you can add a pinch for a delicate creamy color or 1 tsp. for a rich shade.
A denser mass is prepared from the same basic products with the addition of natural thickeners.
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If in all previous options it was possible to replace whole condensed milk with caramelized (boiled) one, this time it is better not to do this. It is only permissible to mix boiled and regular condensed milk in a 1:1 ratio.
The choice of type of nuts is at the discretion of the cook. Hazelnuts or walnuts are optimal; peanuts are not recommended.
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The cream must be applied to dessert without delay; it is also good as a separate treat.
A very successful recipe, the cream comes out thick, especially good for small cakes or soaking desserts.
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If the goal is not to obtain a white mass similar to the color of the cakes of the same name, it is worth mixing types of chocolate. One of the successful ratios is: 2/3 milk chocolate, plus 1/3 dark.
The cream is good for soaking light-colored sponge cakes. Homemade candied fruit preparations or store-bought candied fruits are suitable for it. The proportions of condensed milk to sour cream are 1:1.
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Using this cream to fill crumbly shortcrust pastry baskets is the simplest version of cakes. It takes up to a quarter of an hour to prepare with all the preparatory procedures.
Adding cottage cheese gives the mixture a slight sourness and wonderful volume. It is important to choose natural products.
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The cream base is good with additions in the form of hazelnut or almond crumbs. The nuts must be roasted, the almonds must first be soaked in boiling water and the skins removed.
The recipe with the addition of fresh fruit is simple, but you need to take into account their taste and the amount of moisture contained. Fruits that are too strong in taste are not suitable, nor are fruits that are too juicy.
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The traditional flavoring of such creams, vanillin, can be used in this recipe, but keep in mind that the mass will become almost cloying.
Cream made from sour cream and condensed milk for a cake with the addition of soft cream cheese is ideal for soaking cakes.
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The recipe does not need aromatic and flavoring additives, and you should not change the proportions of the products either. The effect will be interesting if you use this cream for impregnation together with one prepared according to the following recipe.
It is quite acceptable to replace the liqueur with a non-alcoholic flavoring. Oil is used only with the highest fat content, for example, the “Traditional” variety.
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Liqueur can completely replace cognac, including homemade one. The drink should not contain more than 40% alcohol.
The classic dessert is prepared with custard, but denser formulations can also be used. The proposed recipe is easy to repeat; it can be supplemented with cocoa powder.
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When adding cocoa, it is optimal to do this at the first stage, mixing and whipping it together with the butter. The powder should not contain sugar.
The recipe contains slightly more components, but this does not affect the complexity of preparation. The cream is designed for use in cakes or pastries.
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Cream made from sour cream and condensed milk for cake is also good for any other baked goods, and as a separate dessert. It can be served with cherries with liqueurs or brandy.
Instead of using chocolate bars, cocoa is used. The powder must be perfectly dry and fresh; formulations with added sugar are not suitable.
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It is prepared exclusively from natural condensed milk, but it is permissible to replace the butter with a spread; this will not noticeably affect the taste.
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The cream must be cooled before use, for which 40 minutes is sufficient. put it in the general compartment of the refrigerator.
One of the most popular flavors when creating desserts is coffee. The cream described in the first recipe is recommended as a base.
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Cakes soaked in this mixture come out moist regardless of the thickness of the condensed milk. Sour cream based creams can withstand short-term storage in the refrigerator, but it is advisable to resort to this only in extreme cases.
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Very easy to prepare recipe condensed milk cake with sour cream. The result always pleases with its wonderful taste and beautiful appearance. Any filling will suit this biscuit. I really like making this cake with prunes, this time I decided to replace the prunes with strawberries.
To prepare a condensed milk cake with sour cream we will need:
1 can of condensed milk;
1 cup flour;
2 eggs;
1 packet of vanilla sugar;
1 tsp. soda slaked with vinegar.
For cream:
600 g sour cream;
150 g powdered sugar;
prunes, strawberries or any berries to taste.
Beat eggs with vanilla sugar and add condensed milk.
Gradually adding flour, knead the dough. At the very end, add slaked soda and mix.
Pour the dough into a mold with a diameter of 24 centimeters. I don’t line the pan, but if desired, you can line the pan with baking paper. Bake the cake for 30-40 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. Cut the finished and cooled sponge cake into 3 layers. If desired, each cake can be soaked, for example, in syrup or berry juice.
For the filling, cut up strawberries or any berries you choose. If the berries are frozen, then defrost them first.
Beat sour cream with powdered sugar.
Coat each cake with cream and top with berries.
We decorate the condensed milk cake with sour cream as desired, give it a few hours to soak and serve the delicious delicacy to the table.
Bon appetit!