Canned whipped cream question

[Anonymous]

How long before canned whipped cream deflates? I usually make my own, but in this case, it's more important that it looks like it's the canned kind, so I'm going with canned. How long in advance can I use it?

[Anonymous]

Not long I wouldn’t think. It’s not very stiff. You’d may be better off making your own and piping it to look like canned.

[Anonymous]

If this is for photography, use shaving cream. If it’s for photography and has to be edible, use egg white and make it a quasi-meringue. The canned stuff will deflate — especially under lights — in the blink of an eye.

[Anonymous]

Of course the great thing about canned whipped cream is it takes a few seconds to apply. Is this a GBBO type situation where you can’t do that?

[Anonymous]

Thanks - I absolutely could do it on the spot before serving, but was just hoping to to not have to be too hands on once at the venue. Not a big deal though.

[Anonymous]

My husband squirted some on his pumpkin pie snack last week before company stopped by, and feeling rude, he left it in the kitchen while they had a short visit. It was a puddle by the time they left, less than an hour later.

This is an easy thing to test OP.

[Anonymous]

Can guests apply their own to free up your hands?