Used to think that life was sweet, Used to think we were so complete, I can't believe you'd throw it away. Used to feel we had it made, Used to feel we could sail away,
Whipping. Because of its high milk content, single cream is too thin to be whipped into soft or hard peaks. Double cream, however, is an excellent cream for whipping. It whips quickly into soft and then hard peaks. Some cooks find that double cream is so thick it strains their mixer.n Britain, single cream refers to a milk product that has between 10 percent and 12 percent butterfat.
Heavy cream, also called heavy whipping cream, is whipping cream with a milk fat content of between 36 and 40 percent. It's usually only available in specialty or gourmet markets. Half-and-half is a mixture of equal parts milk and cream, and is 10 to 12 percent milk fat, and can not be whipped.