What is whipped cream?
Chemistry For Your Life
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Whipped Cream: A Transient State
Going from cream to butter requires helping break up the fat globules, a lot more fat to find each other. And if you get it in the sweet spot, then it's in this perfect scenario where it's not too liquidy. So that's why I say whipped cream is like a transient state because it's not really solid and it's not made to last indefinitely. It needs like special conditions to form and stay formed. If you go too far, then boom, it's butter. But if you don't go far enough, then it’s just kind of like airy liquid. Right. People say like the stiff peaks, you know, yeah. That's what
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