1.   Serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream on a place dusted with powdered sugar.

2.   An alternative to meringue, the lightly sweetened cream adds another rich, cool element.

3.   A colleague assures me that the truly tasty way to serve sliced strawberries mounded with slightly sweetened whipped cream is to grind fresh pepper over the cream.

4.   After freezing an hour, top with sweetened whipped cream and serve in stemmed glasses.

5.   Carefully fill puffs with pastry cream, ice cream, chocolate mousse, sweetened whipped cream or other dessert fillings.

6.   For a more formal finish, the trifle can be finished with a layer of sweetened whipped cream over the pudding, and then decorated with the peach slices.

7.   Garnish with the sweetened whipped cream.

8.   Keep sweetened whipped cream in a pressurized container in the fridge to gussy up even the plainest fruit finale on the spur of the moment.

9.   Put them in a new pot or bowl, add some sweetened cream and beat again.

10.   Serve on warm plates topped with maple syrup, or sliced strawberries and lightly sweetened whipped cream.