overwhipped
Whipped past peak
Overwhipped describes cream, egg whites, or similar ingredients that have been beaten past their ideal consistency.
Overwhipped cream turns grainy and begins separating into butter and liquid; overwhipped egg whites become dry and clumpy, losing their ability to fold smoothly into batters.
The frosting was ruined—I'd overwhipped the cream until it curdled.
Rough with particles
- separatedPut or kept apart
- curdledSolidified into lumps
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- deflatedEmptied of pressure
clumpy · lumpy · dense · heavy · gloppy · buttery · coagulated · unstable
Baked whipped whites
- buttercreamWhipped sugar-fat frosting
- creamRich milk fat
- egg whitesClear ovoid protein
- whiskLooped wire mixer
mixer · beaters · beating · peaks · stiff · overmix · fold · incorporate
grainy
Rough with particles
deflated · clumpy · lumpy · dense · heavy · gloppy · buttery · coagulated · unstable · collapsed
meringue
Baked whipped whites
- buttercreamWhipped sugar-fat frosting
- creamRich milk fat
- egg whitesClear ovoid protein
whisk · mixer · beaters · beating · peaks · stiff · overmix · fold · incorporate · stabilize
overmix
Stir beyond optimal point
separate · split · break · ruin · botch · error · blunder · misstep · miscalculation · flub
overwhippedunwhipped
Not struck repeatedly
underbeaten · just right · soft · underworked · undermixed
overwhippedideal
Standard of perfection
just right · stiff peaks · soft peaks · smooth · silky