Whipped cream recipe with detailed photos and video
Whipped cream or whipping cream is nothing but the cream with more than 30% fat content. The cream is beaten vigorously with a hand or electric whisk at cold atmosphere in order to incorporate the air and form firm colloids. It is normally used to decorate pastries, cakes, puddings, etc.
Whipped cream - About
Whipped creams are the creams which has 30% or more fat in it. It is also known as Chantilly cream or creme chantilly. It is used to top cakes, pudding and other confections with. Both dairy and dairy-free (non-dairy) whipping cream are available in the market. In bakeries, non-dairy or dairy-free whipping cream is preferred. Normally these are available in semi-sweetened form and not necessary to add extra sugar in.
The whipped cream can be beaten with a hand beater, electric beater or with a hand whisk. While beating, the air makes the cream to expand forming firm colloids. Cold condition is absolutely necessary to get increased volume and stiff peaks.
Let's discuss about dairy whipping cream and dairy free whipping cream in details.
Dairy whipped cream
Dairy whipped cream as the name suggest, is a dairy product. Amul and dairy pure are some popular brands. Dairy creams are comparatively healthy as it doesn't contain stabilizers and are obtained in its natural forms. They have a very short shelf life and do not hold their shape for a long time in a hot climate. So in India dairy creams are not very popular in cake decoration. But I remember one excusive bakery in Mangalore who use only dairy cream for their cakes. Those cakes were absolutely delicious and I never had such smooth and yummy cakes there after.
Non-dairy whipped cream
Non-dairy whipping cream or dairy free whipping cream is an oil-water emulsion. Veggie protein, water, stabilizers and oil are its main components. These are cost effective, easy to handle and withstand higher temperature conditions. Tropolite, vivo, Fiona, Starwip are some non-dairy whipping cream brands.
Whipping Cream - How To Store
The whipping cream should be kept in a deep freezer to keep it fresh for a longer period. New packets will remain fresh for up to one year in deep freezer. Once you opened the pack, seal the packet tightly with a tape and deep freeze it. It is better to use the opened packets within a six months period.
How to Whip Cream
To whip the cream, you will need a hand whisk, electric whisk or a stand mixer. Pour the chilled heavy whipping cream in an ice cold mixing bowl and whisk it till stiff peaks. It will be better slowly by increasing the speed of your beater at every one minute.
Whipping the cream - Expert's tips
- Begin by putting your whisk and mixing bowl in the freezer for at least thirty minutes. This is very important to achieve the increased volume of whipped cream in short time.
- Unfreeze the cream before use. Make sure the cream is chilled but in liquid form.
- Start whipping on low speed, increase the speed of the whisk every one minute. As soon as you reached speed 3, continue beating till stiff peaks are formed. It may take only 4 minutes.
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Whipped cream
Preparation time: 30 minutes | whipping time: 4 minutes | Total time : 34 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup whipped cream
- Ice cubes as needed
How to make Whipped cream - Video
Whipped Cream Preparation With Step By step photos
- Put ice cubes in a deep and wide mouthed bowl.
- Place the mixing bowl in it. This will help to maintain the temperature while beating.
- Pour chilled whipping cream.
- Beat at speed one for one minute. Increase the speed of your electric beater at every one minute.
- Continue beating at speed 3 until you reach stiff peeks.
- Use whenever necessary.
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