This Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe is so easy and delicious! Learn how to Make Sweetened Whipped Cream in no time! This fresh whipped cream only takes a couple of ingredients to make, and about 10 minutes from start to finish.
After making this easy and fast homemade whipped cream, you'll never buy the frozen or canned stuff again. It's so easy, and delicious!
Use our sweetened whipped cream on top of your favorite desserts, hot chocolate, or on Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake.
If you enjoy quick and easy recipes like this one try Easy Caramel Popcorn, Easy Blackberry Cobbler Recipe or these Delicious Hot Cocoa Cookies.
Why this is the best whipped cream
- Easy: With only 3 ingredients and 10 minutes you'll have this delicious whipped cream whipped up in no time.
- Cheap: It doesn't take expensive ingredients to make whipped cream, for further savings, shop holiday sales.
- Versatile: Flavoring whipped cream can be fun to see how many flavors you can make. Lemon, peppermint, chocolate, orange, the list goes on.
Ingredients
- Heavy cream
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
Substitutions for this Recipe:
Heavy Cream: Heavy cream is essential for making whipped cream. Other milks, half and half or creamers do not have enough fat to whip up!
Powdered Sugar: You can substitute powdered sugar with maple syrup, or a sugar free sweetener. Add a little bit and add more to taste until it reaches the desired sweetness.
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting. If you'd like to make a different flavor you can try adding lemon extract or almond extract to the whipped cream.
How To Make Whipped Cream from Heavy Cream
- In a stainless steel or metal bowl, combine all the ingredients.
- With a hand mixer, beat the ingredients for 5-7 minutes straight, or until stiff peaks form.
- Place in the fridge, covered, until needed.
How To Stabilize Whipped Cream
If you're choosing to use your sweetened whipped cream to frost a cake or cupcakes, or as a filling you may want to stabilize it. This will allow the whipped cream to hold its form much longer.
The powdered sugar should do a good job of keeping your whipped cream stable, but if you need a bit more flexibility in your recipe add a teaspoon of cream of tartar to your cream while whisking.
Liz's Tips for the Best Results
- Use a Metal Bowl: Using a metal bowl will keep your cream cold, extra bonus points for storing your bowl in the freezer first. If glass bowls are all you have that works too, plastic will not keep your cream cold.
- Use Cold Cream: Using cold cream will help your whipped cream come together faster, and stay together longer. Keep it in the fridge until you're ready to whip!
- Don’t give up - If you’re at minute 5 and the stiff peaks still haven’t formed, don’t give up. Once it starts to thicken, it doesn’t take long for those peaks to pop up and once they do, it happens quickly.
Storage
Storing: You’ll want to keep the whipped topping in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Be sure the dish is covered, even if you’re only chilling it for a short bit. Homemade whipped cream will last for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Freezing: Whipped cream freezes well, as I'm sure you know from the tubs you can buy from the store. To freeze homemade whipped cream you can simply store in an airtight container for up to a month.
Another fun way to freeze whipped cream is to pipe individual dollops on a parchment-lined baking sheet, freeze, then peel them off and store them in a freezer bag.
Whipped Cream Recipe FAQs
Typically homemade whipped cream will stay together for a day roughly, this truly depends on the environment. If it's warmer, your whipped cream will deflate sooner. If you plan on your whipped cream being out for an extended time, placing it in the freezer may help keep it stable longer.
You can, but it's not recommended for cupcakes, cakes, and the like. Because half and half has roughly half of the fat content that heavy cream does, it will become unstable quickly. Use half and half whipped cream for things like coffee and hot chocolate.
Put your ingredients in a larger mason jar with a tight-fitting lid, and shake vigorously for 1-2 minutes for a quick whipped cream.
Adding sugar to an already whipped cream is possible, but it's also possible to overwhip the cream. So do so with caution that your whipped cream may become deflated.
Sweetened Whipped Cream
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream chilled
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a stainless steel or metal bowl, combine all the ingredients.
- With a hand mixer, beat the ingredients for 5-7 minutes straight, or until stiff peaks form.
- Place in the fridge, covered, until needed.
Helpful Notes and Tips From Liz
- Use a metal bowl - When you use a metal bowl, it allows the ingredients to stay chilled and it works with the process to make the best outcome for the recipe.
- Use chilled cream - The colder your cream, the easier it will beat into stiff peaks. If it’s too warm, it might not set up right and be harder to thicken. Also, chilled cream works in connection with the metal bowl to make the best whipped cream recipe.
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