Real whipped cream is so good I like it even without sugar. Om nom nom. (I also like Sweet Cream ice cream --vanilla without the vanilla.)
Cool Whip is an abomination. The spray stuff is tolerable if it's made with a decent quality cream (I was so sad when they discontinued Reddi Wip Gold, which was higher butterfat), but I don't mind the nitrous oxide taste. People who do mind it should invest in stand mixers, and any decent purveyor of desserts should use freshly whipped cream and a piping bag if decorative shapes are required, but I'd actually suggest going with the free-form spoon dollop to prove that it's not the spray stuff.
Oh, and with mixer-whipped cream, it won't hold its shape well in a piping bag without added gelatin, which is something that a vegetarian eater of cakes frosted with whipped cream should know. Yes, agar powder will work. No, your supermarket strawberry cake probably isn't using agar as their stabilizer.
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Date: 2010-08-04 02:45 pm (UTC)So, as long as the cold drink has a dairy nature, I'm all for it. Iced caramel latte? Bring it on!
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Date: 2010-08-04 02:51 pm (UTC)Real whipped cream is... tolerable, but Cool Whip is not food, and the spray stuff is only a tiny bit better.
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Date: 2010-08-04 02:57 pm (UTC)Cool Whip is an abomination. The spray stuff is tolerable if it's made with a decent quality cream (I was so sad when they discontinued Reddi Wip Gold, which was higher butterfat), but I don't mind the nitrous oxide taste. People who do mind it should invest in stand mixers, and any decent purveyor of desserts should use freshly whipped cream and a piping bag if decorative shapes are required, but I'd actually suggest going with the free-form spoon dollop to prove that it's not the spray stuff.
Oh, and with mixer-whipped cream, it won't hold its shape well in a piping bag without added gelatin, which is something that a vegetarian eater of cakes frosted with whipped cream should know. Yes, agar powder will work. No, your supermarket strawberry cake probably isn't using agar as their stabilizer.