Light cream English name for whipping cream, unwhipped state is a milky white liquid, thicker than milk. Whipped light cream can be used to make the surface of the cake decoration, mousse cake body, etc.; unwhipped light cream can be used to make ice cream, double cream, do bread, buns, cakes can also add a small amount to increase the flavor to enhance the taste.

Butter, on the other hand, is butter, a yellowish solid in block form. Baked butter type of cake, muffin need to whip butter, do bread dough need to add is not whipped small pieces of butter. Butter can be softened with room temperature, and liquefied above 34 degrees.

The whipping of butter can be found here:

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