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| Stabilized Whipped Cream |
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| I used locally glass-bottled cream today. |
Before finding this recipe, I often wondered how bakeries and restaurants could keep their whipped cream frosting so beautiful and firm throughout the day, and even after I took baked goods home. I knew some of them used non-dairy whipped toppings, but others, like the Chicken Pie Shop, I knew used real whipped cream on their delicious sweet offerings. After some searching on the internet and some terrible recipes, like the one that came out with little nuggets of gelatin in the whipped cream, I found this one that creates a whipped cream that is light, smooth, and stable. The original recipe at cdkitchen calls for some lemon juice. I didn't want any lemon flavor in what I was making, so I omitted it, and the recipe turns out great anyway. |
I use this whipped cream on cream pies and cakes, when I want to have the finished product as something to look at and not just consume immediately. If I'm not making a show of it, I just use my trusty isi whipped cream dispenser (like the ones they use at Starbucks) so I can dispense a little--or a lot--at a time.
Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting
--adapted from cdkitchen
- 1/2 tsp unflavored gelatin powder
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1 cup whipping cream (regular or heavy--I always use heavy cream)
- pinch salt
- 2 tbsp confectioner's sugar
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| Gelatin mixture--I let this get too firm in the fridge, but it worked. |
3. Refrigerate until consistency of unbeaten egg white. (This takes about 10-15 minutes.) Then, with a whisk, beat until smooth.
4. In a stand mixer with a whip attachment, or with a hand beater, whip remaining cream, salt and sugar; whip in the smoothed gelatin mixture, stopping to scrape the bowl twice.
Fills and frosts top of 2 8" or 9" cake layers; or frosts 10" angel
cake or spongecake. Tops one standard 9" pie with some left over to enjoy from a spoon. Stands up well, even in warm weather. Keep leftover frosting and any product topped with it in the refrigerator until ready to eat.
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| Banana Cream Pie with Stabilized Whipped Cream |
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| Chocolate Cream Pie with Stabilized Whipped Cream on top |
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| Same pie as above, 2 days later. The whipped cream is holding up to the time, fridge, and plastic wrap. |
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| This little Three Bite Chocolate French Silk Pie is three days old, and the stabilized whipped cream still looks fresh. |