Buttercream Question Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Decorating By aminaz Updated 12 Jun 2007 , 1:41pm by JanH
You can substitute Rich's Bettercreme or Pastry Pride, but the frosting will probably be sweeter (since the first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup).
Not familiar with any other product that is a non-dairy extra thick cream. Could you be more specific?
HTH
Whipping cream is the extra thick cream found by the milk in the grocery store. It is the cream you can whip until it becomes like cool whip. I use this all the time in my buttercream, cream cheese, etc., icing. I find it gives it a much smoother tecture (for the life of me I can not remember how to spell that word - must need more coffee 
) and makes it really rich and creamy.
HTH!!
Janeil
OOPS!! I just re-read your post and realized I didn't answer your question AT ALL! Completely missed the ball on that one. Definitely in need of more coffee!!
I am not sure if you can substitute or not. I've found the easiest way to figure that out is to try it - just in a small batch. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sorry I couldn't be of more help to you!
If it's canned cream it will require refrigeration once you open the container, and the frosting will require refrigeration if you use more than a few tablespoons in your batch of frosting.
Handy Chart for Safe Storage of Frostings and Fillings:
http://tinyurl.com/ymqp6x
(From Sarah Phillips of baking911.com.)
Found this info on Carnation canned Extra Thick Cream:
http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/AboutOurBrands/CreamsAndDesserts/
If this is what you have, you have real cream in a can (although the butterfat content isn't given). It's put with the non-dairy items because it doesn't require refrigeration - until you use it. 
HTH
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