How to make hazelnut buttercream

Scale butter and let soften in a warm place

Get your eggs

Crack them into a bowl

Scale sugar

Measure milk

Bring to the boil

Mix eggs and sugar

Add half your milk mix to your egg mix

Like this

Then pour that back into the pan with the remaining milk

Stir on a low heat until the custard thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon

Like this

Done

Get a sieve ready

And pass your custard incase there is any lumps

Beautiful!

Press cling film on top so a skin doesn't form

Whisk your softened butter to loosen it

Add 75g of hazelnut paste to your butter

And whisk in

When chilled it will look like this

Add to your butter

And whisk in

Fill a piping bag with a star nozzle

And pipe onto your cupcakes:) Enjoy