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Almond Filling

Rated as 3.67 out of 5 Stars
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"An Amaretto flavored custard filling goes wonderfully well with chocolate cakes."
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Ingredients

25 m servings 63 cals
Original recipe yields 10 servings (1 -1/4 cups)

Directions

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  1. Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in saucepan. In a separate bowl beat eggs and mix together with milk. Stir into dry mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and bubbling. Cook for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat, add almond liqueur and stir well. Cover surface of filling with plastic wrap to prevent film from forming and chill completely before using.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 63 calories; 1.5 g fat; 8.9 g carbohydrates; 2.1 g protein; 39 mg cholesterol; 82 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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This was, surprisingly, a little bland. However, after it soaked into the cake a little longer (2nd day)it tasted delicious. I made a three layer cake and put this between one layer and an apr...

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I did not have any luck with this filling. It turned out very lumpy and smelled bad. I didn't even get past that to find out what it tasted like. I'm not sure what happened, if it was me or t...

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This was, surprisingly, a little bland. However, after it soaked into the cake a little longer (2nd day)it tasted delicious. I made a three layer cake and put this between one layer and an apr...

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This filling is a basic custard, very nice texture. I did need to add more amaretto.

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I just made this and loved it, I am a chef and making a cake for a friend that loves almonds. I didn't have the liquor so I used almond extract, I just used a little bit more almond extract, ab...

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Very good and easy to make. I substituted almond extract for amaretto liqueur.

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I did not have any luck with this filling. It turned out very lumpy and smelled bad. I didn't even get past that to find out what it tasted like. I'm not sure what happened, if it was me or t...

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Perfect for my petit fours! Not too heavy of a taste, but just enough! I love the custard texture.

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I used 1 T almond extract and 1t. vanilla. It has a little too much extract taste from the almond but I'm using this in some bread pudding so hopefully this will be ok for that. It is a little b...

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Maybe it was something I did wrong, but it tasted like tapioca pudding to me. I will NEVER use this again. I didn't put this on my cake.

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This is good. A the consistency of a thin pudding. Great on chocolate cake!

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