Creamed honey, wild honey, raw honey and honey butter - are they the same?Honey comes in different forms, including creamed honey, and this section will present the differences between some manifestations. See the page on granulated honey for a specific discussion on and photos of this phenomenon.Creamed or Whipped Honey
So how is it made? You can actually make your own whipped honey at home, and there are two methods that I have used. For one method, you need a small sample - a teaspoon will do - of an existing whipped honey in addition to the amount of liquid honey that you want to convert. For the second method, you just need the amount of liquid honey to be converted. A year ago, I was building my stock of whipped honey that I would use to build Christmas orders of specialty products, and I creamed four batches simultaneously. For three of the batches, I had samples of different creamed honeys. For the fourth batch, I decided to convert liquid honey to creamed from scratch. Into each of three buckets (containing approximately 25 lbs of unpasteurized liquid honey each), I put a teaspoon of one of creamed honey batches. I secured a regular mixer attachment to the chuck of a drill press. (You can also just use an electric hand drill.) For a few minutes every day, I blended each of the sample buckets of honey on high.  Over the course of two weeks (one week for one of the batches), the buckets of honey gradually granulated. For the buckets with samples of whipped honey, the entire batch took on the consistency of the initial sample. As the honey creams, it gets more and more difficult to whip. Part of the reason for using a drill for the mixing is to be able to cut through the solidifying honey at a high speed. To make whipped honey a little more interesting, try adding a tiny bit of organic extract in a flavour you like to the mix at the end of the creaming period. Wild Honey and Raw Honey
Honey Butter Honey butter is an absolute delicacy and a lovely variation of the old butter-on-toast routine. To clear up some confusion, honey butter is not another word for creamed or whipped honey. Rather, it is the combination of butter and creamed honey. And you can make this at home, too. Following whipping up a batch of your own whipped honey, use the drill and mixer attachment to whip in the butter until silky smooth. You can also add organic extracts in the flavour of your choice. I used to make my own extracts using raw ingredients for flavouring and either vodka or white rum as the base. There are a lot of recipes out there for honey butter, but most of the ones I've looked at use too much butter (1 to 1 butter to honey ratio or more). Depending on your taste for butter, adjust the proportions accordingly. And while you would never refrigerate regular liquid or creamed honey unless you want a lovely batch of rock hard honey, you would store honey butter in the freezer or refrigerator to avoid spoilage of the dairy content of the concoction. --- Return to Bees Alive! home from Wild, Raw, Butter and Creamed Honey Return to Liquid Gold... or Honey from Wild, Raw, Butter and Creamed Honey
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