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CREAM OF TARTAR
Tartaric acid is a brownish-red acid powder (potassium bitartrate) that is
precipitated onto the walls of casks used to age wine. When refined into a
white acid powder, 'cream of tartar', it is used in baking.
Cream of tartar is an acid powder. Combined with baking SODA it makes baking
POWDER.
Cream of tartar is also used to give a creamier texture to sugary things
like candy and frosting and to stabilize and increase the volume of beaten
egg whites.
Cream of tartar can be used to clean brass and copper cookware.