14 Sweet & Creamy Pastry Cream Recipes You'll Love
JANUARY 31, 2023
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From classic éclairs to delectable tarts, pastry cream is the key to making your favorite French desserts. This silky custard can do wonders when it comes to elevating your dessert game. With a few simple ingredients, you can make the perfect pastry cream that will bring your desserts to the next level.
We've gathered our top 14 recipes for pastry cream from master pastry chefs around the world, so you can make the best pastry cream every time. Whether you are looking for a classic version, a lighter variation, or a more adventurous flavor, you'll find the perfect recipe for your next baking project.
Get ready to impress with these sweet and creamy pastry cream recipes!
Full of Plants
How to Make Vegan Pastry Cream
Infused with vanilla, not too sweet, and so creamy! This vegan pastry cream is perfect to use as a filling in tarts, shortcakes, millefeuille, and more!
4
422
97
15 min
TOTAL TIME
257
CALORIES
$3.16
PER SERVING
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Sweet and Savory by Shinee
How to Make a Pastry Cream
How to make a classic pastry cream from scratch - a complete guide to a luxuriously smooth custard filling for wide variety of pastries, cakes and tarts.
2
1
2 hr 15 min
TOTAL TIME
120
CALORIES
$0.19
PER SERVING
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Veena Azmanov
Vanilla Custard Cake Filling aka Pastry Cream Cake Filling
A vanilla custard cake filling can be an absolute treat hidden between two layers of cake. That creamy sweet goodness made from cooking eggs, milk, and sugar. Try it as a cake filling, in layered trifles or just pour it alongside a delicious warm Brownie. It's a luxury in all forms.
58
1,524
17
12 min
TOTAL TIME
171
CALORIES
$0.37
PER SERVING
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Tartistry
Orange Pastry Cream
Orange Pastry Cream. Recipe features fresh orange juice, fresh orange zest, and vanilla bean paste. Perfect for filling cakes, tarts, pies, and doughnuts. Whisk this orange pastry cream together with whipped cream to fill eclairs and cream puffs.
64
25 min
TOTAL TIME
484
CALORIES
$0.92
PER SERVING
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Simply So Good
Velvety Vanilla Pastry Cream
Rich and creamy pastry cream. Used for filling eclairs, tarts, cakes, pies, frozen custard and more.
1
99
30 min
TOTAL TIME
166
CALORIES
$0.31
PER SERVING
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El Mundo Eats
Healthier Vanilla Pastry Cream
Creamy thick and mildly sweet. This healthier vanilla pastry cream can be used on anything and everything. Equally delicious and very easy to make.
20 min
TOTAL TIME
525
CALORIES
$2.08
PER SERVING
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Cooklist AI
Velvety Smooth Pastry Cream
A versatile, luxuriously smooth custard filling for an array of pastries, cakes, and tarts, featuring a thorough step-by-step guide to ensure perfect results.
2
11 min
TOTAL TIME
119
CALORIES
$0.20
PER SERVING
Ingredients
Directions
12 STEPS
1
In a medium saucepan, bring whole milk and vanilla extract to a boil. Once it boils, turn the heat off and set aside.
2
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks and granulated sugar together until smooth, thick and pale yellow. Stir in the all-purpose flour and cornstarch.
3
Slowly pour about 1/2 cup of the hot milk into the egg yolk mixture, whisking vigorously to temper the egg yolks and prevent curdling. Continue whisking until well combined.
4
Gradually pour the tempered egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining milk, whisking continuously to incorporate.
5
Place the saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil, about 5 minutes. Make sure to pause stirring occasionally to check for bubbling.
6
Once the mixture starts bubbling, cook for 1 additional minute, then remove from heat.
7
Optionally, strain the pastry cream through a sieve to remove any possible lumps.
8
Transfer the cream into a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto the surface of the cream to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
9
Whisk the chilled pastry cream until smooth.
10
In a separate bowl, whip the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
11
Gently fold the whipped cream into the chilled pastry cream until well combined.
12
Your velvety smooth pastry cream is now ready to be used as a filling for your favorite pastries, cakes, or tarts!
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Delicious Little Bites
Vanilla Pastry Cream
Authentic Vanilla Pastry Cream, known in French as Crème Pâtissière, is a delicious, classic custard dessert component. It's easy to make and can be used in an endless amount of ways.
1
46
1
1 hr 15 min
TOTAL TIME
899
CALORIES
$1.64
PER SERVING
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The Loopy Whisk
How to Make Vanilla Pastry Cream
Vanilla pastry cream, also known as crème pâtissière, is a rich, thick, creamy custard and it’s used to fill everything from éclairs to Boston cream pie. Making your own homemade pastry cream is incredibly easy – you need just 6 ingredients and about 15 minutes to make it. Here, I share my fail-proo...
1
152
1,273
15 min
TOTAL TIME
743
CALORIES
$1.47
PER SERVING
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An Italian in my kitchen
Italian Pastry Cream
Italian Pastry Cream a creamy delicious made from scratch Pastry Cream that is perfect for filling cakes, cookies, pies and other desserts.
7
147.1k
83.0
20 min
TOTAL TIME
190
CALORIES
$0.26
PER SERVING
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She Loves Biscotti
Italian Lemon Pastry Cream Recipe
A rich and thick lightly scented lemon infused pastry cream recipe made with eggs, milk, sugar, cornstarch and a pinch of salt. This gluten free pastry cream is referred to as crema pasticcera in Italian and is an essential component in many Italian desserts.
8
466
83
20 min
TOTAL TIME
63
CALORIES
$0.10
PER SERVING
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Alpha Foodie-Samira
Chocolate Pastry Cream
A creamy, rich chocolate pastry cream for piping into cream puffs, eclairs, mille-feuille, and more. Plus, all you need are 8 ingredients and a fairly simple process to perfect chocolate creme patissiere every single time!
7
30 min
TOTAL TIME
167
CALORIES
$0.47
PER SERVING
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Mommy's Home Cooking
Easy Eggless Pastry Cream Recipe
This Eggless Pastry Cream is rich, creamy and super easy to make! It’s beyond delicious and so versatile. Use it to fill tarts, cakes, donuts, or anything else your baker's heart can dream up.
26
644
20 min
TOTAL TIME
385
CALORIES
$0.79
PER SERVING
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An Italian in my kitchen
Italian Chocolate Pastry Cream
Fast, easy and creamy the perfect filling for any tart, cookie or Cake. Makes any Dessert Amazing!
5
17,891
12
30 min
TOTAL TIME
934
CALORIES
$1.48
PER SERVING
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The Stay At Home Chef
Perfect Pastry Cream
Perfect Pastry Cream is easy to make at home and is used in the most delicious pastries, cakes, and other desserts. You'll love this recipe for perfect French Creme Patissiere every single time.
7
30,731
34
15 min
TOTAL TIME
277
CALORIES
$0.71
PER SERVING
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