Definitions for "Cream of tartar"
Keywords:  tartar, baking, soda, candy, tartrate
Potassium acid tartare is a by-product of the wine industry. It is used to stabilize egg whites and in making sugar syrups to prevent crystallization. As well, it lowers the ph in certain batters such as Angel Food Cake.
Cream of Tartar is a natural, pure ingredient left behind after grape juice has fermented to wine.
After wine is made, the acid left in the wine barrels is processed into cream of tartar. Add cream of tartar to egg whites in the beginning stages of beating for more stability and volume.