This easy Pastry Cream (Creme Patissiere) recipe is simple and delicious. A rich and creamy vanilla custard you can use in a variety of decadent desserts.

Boston cream pie cupcakes combine the best flavors of the classic, custard filled donut with everyone's favorite dessert. Yellow cupcakes get stuffed with a rich homemade custard and topped with a dollop of chocolate icing for a dessert you'll love!

This custard filling recipe made in the microwave can be flavored with various extracts and used in cream puffs, cakes, pies, puddings, and more.

Pastry cream is like vanilla pudding but thicker (great for piping & filling pastries) It's quick, easy, & you don't have to temper the eggs!

With it's custard pudding base, German Buttercream is rich, silky-smooth and totally dreamy. With just a handful of everyday ingredients, this frosting recipe is also incredibly easy to make and not sickeningly sweet.

Almond cupcakes are soft and tender, filled with vanilla custard and topped with a silky, melt-in-your-mouth German buttercream.

This easy pastry cream recipe can be used to fill cream puffs, eclairs, cakes, cupcakes, and so much more!

Types of cake fillings: A guide to all of the different types of fillings that can be used to take your cakes to the next level!

How gorgeous are these homemade cupcakes? Look at them from above and they look like cute little daisies. Bite into one and you will savor the creamy frosting, the tangy lemon curd filling and the moist cake itself. There's so much flavor in every delicious bite. These cupcakes aren't hard to make. Once baked, you remove some of the center and add frosting around the outside and then homemade lemon curd in the center. These are ideal for Easter, for the springtime or for anyone who loves…

This recipe is not specifically for cupcakes, but it is REALLY good in cupcakes. I found a recipe on the most excellent blog Nosh With Me for Oatmeal