Treating cheese as butter and butter as cream may be a mistake that every novice friend has made. Today, Bian Xiao will teach you to distinguish the types of creams and their specific uses.
What is cream?
Cream is a product separated from fresh milk by centrifugation. The cream we use for baking is generally called "thin cream" or "fresh cream". Its fat content is about 35%. Pay attention to the difference between thin cream and light cream here. Thin cream can contain sugar or sugar, while light cream must be sugar-free. The cream we see every day to decorate the birthday cake is sweetened with whipped cream and then sent away. There is another point about the preservation of cream here. It must be refrigerated to avoid freezing, otherwise there will be oil-water separation after thawing. Everyone must pay attention!
What's the difference between whipped cream and whipped cream?
Whipped cream is sugar-free plain cream (liquid), which is called whipped cream in English. It is necessary to add more than 10% sugar to make general decorative cream (solid), or directly add liquid cream to increase milk flavor and consistency when making desserts.
Cream is very extensive, so you should carefully check whether you add sugar. Generally speaking, cream is a general term for cream.
Generally speaking, whipped cream refers to animal cream, and fresh cream includes animal cream and vegetable cream. It is recommended that home baking enthusiasts choose animal whipped cream, which is healthier.
What's the difference between vegetable cream and animal cream?
Like butter, butter can be divided into plants and animals. Vegetable cream is a synthetic product similar to cream. The only advantage of vegetable cream is that it is easy to send away, but its taste and taste are not as good as fresh cream. And from a health point of view, vegetable butter has trans fatty acids, which is very unfavorable to human body. Therefore, the Baking Research Corporation suggested that animal cream must be used.
What is the function of cream?
Cream is high in vitamins A and D, but it is also high in fat. People who are afraid of being fat must eat less ~ In the baking of West Point, we usually use cream to improve the taste and fragrance, and at the same time make the cake more crisp. Of course, the most important use is to make cream cakes.
Which brand is good for baking cream?
First of all, the cream in our baking must be considered from a healthy point of view, and animal cream should be chosen. In the domestic market, the better brands of animal cream are: Anjia, Nestle, Tower, President, Duomeixian and so on. There are few products such as cream in the offline market. I suggest you choose a reputable seller online.