On May 31, 5:50*pm, " > wrote:
> On May 31, 1:15*pm, "Christopher M." >
> wrote:
>
> > The other day I combined 1/2 cup vanilla pudding with 1/2 cup whipped cream.
> > It tasted like pastry cream. Fantastic. I won't be running to the cake store
> > to buy that fake pastry cream anytime soon. Balls!
>
> > W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>
> Add unflavored gelatin to it and you've got Bavarian cream.

What does that do - anything other than thicken it up? My supermarket
bakery fills their cream Bismarks (and pastry horns) with a very, very
white pastry cream - don't have a clue how to make that....

N.