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Post recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using that flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic.
This week's flavor is: BUTTER & WHIPPED CREAM
Hell, yeah! BUTTA! and Whipped Cream! So let your inner Paula Deen out (but please, no racial slurs) or put on your Reddi Whip bikini (but save me the whippet)!
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I fucking love butter! And whipped cream!
The only issue I have with TFA Butter is that I've had TFA VBIC pepper-tasters report that they get a little pepper from it. Lucky me, all I get is BUTTA.
My two favorite recipes with it are Golden Oreo Pudding by /u/deejaymillsnyc and my Tootsee Roll.
CAP Golden Butter is a little less authentic to me and I haven't had much luck getting it to work personally, but it goes pretty damn well in LMN#. I include CAP Butter Cream in with butter because I think it tastes like butter with some sugar on it rather than actual whipped butter cream frosting. It sure tastes good in Dutchie (RIP INW Waffle), Shyndo's The Pink, and, I think, in ABDC.
Wow, FA Whipped Cream! It's so good! And the thought of having to order it from Italy in the near future really chaps my hide. I loved working with it for the Beginner Blending contest in which I made this, but if you decide to mix that, leave out the Green Tea or try subbing something like 0.3% FE Green Tea.
CAP Vanilla Whipped Cream? Really tastes and feels like vanilla whipped cream and has emulsification properties? Awesome.
TFA Whipped Cream This is a secret-weapon ingredient. Is not really a whipped cream, but damn. It can do some magic on all kinds of recipes, even ones you wouldn't expect like candies, used low 1 to 2%, especially if you're patient and let it steep for two weeks, not that it needs it as a thickening and emulsifying agent, but it you give it time, you'll also get a sweet, smooth finish. Perfect Example.
I have to admit, I have no experience using FLV Whipped Cream or FW Whipped Cream, but that's about to change. These two look good, I think I'll start with them: https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/59106#creamy_coconut_pudding_pie_by_tootall , https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/67279#raincoat_by_jigsaw314
Why would we have to order FA direct from Italy, what did I miss?
Not all FA! Just the ones that contain diketones, like Whipped Cream and Pandoro.
Ecigexpress seems to carry most of their Diketone line flavors. Whipped Cream for instance.
damn! so THATS where you get FA pandoro, i heard you guys praising it on the podcast and went on a hunt with no luck :( I guess its time to place an order with FA. Aside from pandoro and whipped cream are there any other flavors you would recommend that are not available elsewhere?
I love TFA and FA Whipped Cream. I honestly don't notice a huge difference between the two but TFA's version seems to carry a more noticeable mouth feel. FA's is great too, smells like plastic though so that's weird. Doesn't taste anything of the sort though. I have interchanged the two in various recipes without a noticeable detriment.
FLV Whipped Cream tastes a lot like their marshmallow. If you put both bottles next to each other they smell and look identical. I find FLV whipped cream to be the most realistic flavor wise out of the previously mentioned. I've only used it twice now but both times I was pretty happy how easy the whipped fluffy flavor I was going for was.
The mouthfeel on TFA's is ridiculous as a 1% to 2% additive but I really don't get a great whipped cream flavor from it without taking it up so high that it's also a bit rancid-ish. Maybe I'm a little immune to whatever makes TFA taste whipped creamy. FA's really tastes like whipped heavy cream to me. I will not be smelling that bottle for plastic. You won't ruin FA Whipped Cream for me with that nonsense. No.
Do you have a recipe with the FLV Whipped Cream that I should be trying?
> I will not be smelling that bottle for plastic. You won't ruin FA Whipped Cream for me with that nonsense. No.
lol sorry, my bad.
> Do you have a recipe with the FLV Whipped Cream that I should be trying?
I don't have anything publicly or seen anything to recommend. One of the recipes i've been messing around with was a FLV only sherbet flavor (because I can; and I am an asshole). I used FLV sweet cream and FLV whipped cream to create that fluffy cream flavor. It worked I just need to balance the fruits I put in it.
I was probably going to sub out TFA Whipped Cream for FLV's version in Captaincannibles sherb clone to make it ever more fluffy.
Try mixing FLV whipped cream with FLV frosting
A great combo. I really enjoy FLV whipped cream, to me I get a cool whip type taste from it. It's sweet, and has some decent mouth feel but it doesn't have the same weight to it as FA whipped cream does. FLV says something about white chocolate with in on the website, but I don't really get that, but when used with white chocolate it helps cream it up which all white chocolates need to get past the chalkyness.
Using it with FLV frosting goes really well to give a light cake frosting vs. a heavy butter cream or fondant-ish frosting.
OH YES! A FOTW that is RIGHT up my alley! Super excited to see what knowledge is dropped in the comments here! Cant wait for the Noted episode to air on monday... gonna be weird wanting the weekend to be over quick haha, that doesnt happen often.
I dont have much to contribute in terms of flavor notes... I think i will mix up a single flavor test of HS Cream, because that one seems to edge more on the buttery side of things vs being an actual cream concentrate.
INW Biscuit - If you are after a nice buttery biscuit/pastry type concentrate this is a winner imo. Really adds a nice buttery bakery note to recipes. Probably one of my most used concentrates so far in my diy journey. Some people say they dont like it, which i could see - but if you are a bakery and butter fiend like myself, i highly recommend getting this one (if you dont have it already). Be careful with how much you use, i have found that it can sometimes mute out certain flavors if you use it above 1.25%. I also notice that the bulk of its buttery notes are showing up in the "mid" range and exhale, at least thats my experience so far.
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You might want to look into WF Butter Tart. So far I've only tried it in a couple of mixes as recommended by someone else but its butteriness seems to beat the pants off of INW Biscuit. Like you know how Biscuit is buttery, but it's more biscuit than butter? Imagine if the ratio of biscuit taste to butter taste were flipped.
Holy crap, yes. No comments? Ok.
TFA Butter: Just yes. I've heard it called movie theater popcorn butter. It's just good. I guess use .25% or .5%. Butter is like crack to me.
CAP Vanilla Whipped Cream: Only whipped cream I've tried. To me it's actually light and airy like a real whipped cream. The exhale is divine. I wouldn't complain if there was around 1% in a recipe. Better mixers can probably give more accurate percentages.
wild card: INW Gold Ducat has a buttery flavor to me. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
A little butter can make the recipe, gotta have those dikes! Let us see some recipes where butter or whipped cream is the key to your mix.
My humble Hipster Coffee Tobacco with only three ingredients. I swear Gold Ducat tastes like butter. /u/ChemicalBurnVictim didn't quite get butter, but I guess he's still ok.
50/50 is suggested ratio what happens at higher VG batches?
TFA butter - artificial butter you'd put on popcorn. don't like it.
LORANN butter- beautiful diacetyl goodness. closest to straight up butter that I've tasted but I use in VERY low amount. less than 0.50%
FA Whipped cream- very rich whipped cream, almost leaves a film on your mouth. however, something in this bothers me. my lungs feel a little heavy for lack of a better term so I don't use it. it's a shame
cap vanilla whipped cream- my go to whipped cream if I want an added vanilla note. for me, this is heavy whipping cream plus a vanilla note. 1% or less
TFA whipped cream- probably still my all time favorite because it can add smoothness to a mix without adding much flavor, at 1%. if you want an actual whipped cream note, I'll mix at 2% or add another cream on top, like FLV Cream at 0.50%
FLV cream- my go to cream for ice creams but works nicely with other whipped creams as well to add body and richness 0.5% -1% (I know this isn't technically whipped cream but it's similar enough to add, to me... and I frequently use it in conjunction with other creams, including whipped)