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Default whipped cream - how much sugar per cup of heavy cream?

On Nov 22, 1:01*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:35:28 AM UTC-8, Sky wrote:
>
> You should whip up some cream cheese in with the heavy cream and sugar else your frosting won't stand up for long.
>
> here's a recipe that works well.
>
> 2 cups heavy cream
> 8 oz cream cheese - let soften
> 1/2 cup sugar
> 1 tsp vanilla
>
> If you have a KA or other stand mixer, use the whisk attachment. * You can use a hand mixer as well.
>
> whip the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla till fluffy and then add in the cream slowly till you get fairly stiff peaks.


I think that sounds delicious, but it will taste like cream cheese,
and many folks wouldn't want that. Here's instructions for using
gelatin:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/stabili...d-cream-icing/

--Bryan