Finally, I decided to try again. At first, I tried beating the cream by hand and then using a hand mixer...still didn't work :( So I searched for videos online (because the recipe only says beat until it peaks), figured out how long it takes and tried again. Prepared for the worst, I just kept beating, and beating, and beating and......finally, the cream started to thicken and I had my whipped cream!!!
With the whipped cream, I made strawberry torte from Martha's website. It came out pretty good and was a great hit when I brought it to work.
A light and refreshing dessert (probably not the best photo since you can't really see the cake because I had to spread the cream with the cake in the container)
Here's a better view from Martha's website
