It's easy to make whipped cream by hand with a wisk and stainless bowl. Or use your mixer. I'm just saying it's pretty easy to do by hand. You know. In case of emergancy. Or if you can't be bothered to get out a rarely used appliance.



You can use granulated sugar and it doesn't matter if you add it first or later. You can also use honey, corn syrup, pancake syrup, raw or brown sugar, artificial sweeteners, or even sugar-beet syrup.



The bowl can't be plastic or have any oil or soap in it.



And run cold water in the bowl before you start. Dump the water and add cream. Or, if you like to plan ahead, stick it in the refrigerator for a while. Honestly, if the cream is stored in the refrigerator (or course it is) it probably won't be a problem.



Also, it's terribly important to have the sugar IN THE CREAM. I've done it both ways, and you just don't get the same effect from putting sugar/syrup/honey on the already-whipped cream.

