. ▁This ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁but ter ' s ▁yellow ▁color . ▁C ream ▁from ▁go at ' s ▁milk , ▁water ▁buff alo ▁milk , ▁or ▁from ▁c ows ▁fed ▁ind o ors ▁on ▁gra in ▁or ▁gra in - based ▁pel lets , ▁is ▁white . ▁ ▁C uis ine ▁ ▁C ream ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁ing red ient ▁in ▁many ▁food s , ▁including ▁ice ▁cre am , ▁many ▁sau ces , ▁sou ps , ▁ste ws , ▁p ud d ings , ▁and ▁some ▁cust ard ▁bases , ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁for ▁c akes . ▁Wh ipped ▁cre am ▁is ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁to pping ▁on ▁ice ▁cre am ▁su nd aes , ▁milk sh akes , ▁l ass i , ▁egg nog , ▁sweet ▁p ies , ▁st raw ber ries , ▁blue ber ries ▁or ▁pe aches . ▁Irish ▁cre am ▁is ▁an ▁alco hol ic ▁li que ur ▁which ▁bl ends ▁cre am ▁with ▁whis key , ▁and ▁often ▁h oney , ▁wine , ▁or ▁coffee . ▁C ream ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁Indian ▁cur ries ▁such ▁as ▁mas ala ▁d ishes . ▁ ▁C ream ▁( us ually ▁light / single ▁cre am ▁or ▁half ▁and ▁half ) ▁is ▁often ▁added ▁to ▁coffee ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁Canada . ▁ ▁Both ▁single ▁and ▁double ▁cre am ▁( see ▁Types ▁for ▁definitions ) ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁cook ing . ▁Double ▁cre am ▁or ▁full - f at ▁cr ème ▁fra î