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.
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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.
You'll Make Whipped Cream All the Time Now!
- 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.
Sweetened Whipped Cream Ingredients
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.
How to Store Recipe:
Storing: You’ll want to keep the whipped topping in an airtight container in the freezer or fridge. Be sure the dish is covered, even if you’re only chilling it for a short bit.
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.
Substitutions for this Recipe:
Heavy Cream: In a pinch half and half can be used for a quick whipped cream. For a full, long-lasting whipped cream it isn't recommended to substitute heavy cream.
Powdered Sugar: We don't recommend substituting as this ingredient is essential in sweetening the whipped cream.
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting.
Tips and Variations for Making Whipped Cream
- Try Different Extracts: Many recipes will call for flavored whipped cream. You can swap out the vanilla extract with other flavor extracts to match your recipe.
- 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.
- Cold Cream: Using cold cream will help your whipped cream come together faster, and stay together longer
Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe FAQ
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.
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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.
Notes
- 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.
Nutrition
Making homemade whipped cream is SO easy! Plus, it tastes so much better than store bought.!
How to Make Homemade Whipped Cream
Combine the ingredients - In a large metal bowl (other materials are fine if you don’t have a metal one), combine all the ingredients.
Mix well - Using a hand mixer, beat the ingredients until mixed well then keep going until the mixture starts to form stiff peaks. This can take around 7 minutes or so. Make it as thick as possible.
Chill or serve - If you used a metal bowl as instructed, you should be able to use the whipped topping right away. However, if you didn’t have a metal bowl on hand, you’ll want to refrigerate the mixture for about an hour and give it a little mixing one more time before using.
Tips and Variations for Fresh Whipped Cream
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.
Use different extracts - If you would like another flavor of whipped cream, use other flavors of extracts in place of the vanilla. It’s fun to match the flavor of the whipped cream to the dessert you’re using it on.
For example, if you’re using it on a Chocolate Lemon Tart, using some lemon juice or lemon extract in the whipped cream would make it vibe with the dessert even more.
You can even use cocoa powder to make a chocolate whipped cream.
Storage - You’ll want to keep the whipped topping in an airtight container in the freezer or fridge. Since it’s dairy, do not leave it out of a cool place as it will melt or turn gross and bad.
Be sure the dish is covered, even if you’re only chilling it for a short bit.
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.
Add some cream of tartar - If you’re having trouble with your cream not thickening, try adding a teaspoon of cream of tartar and chilling your mixture for a bit.
How Long Does Homemade Whipped Cream Last?
If you’re storing your homemade whipped cream in the fridge in a proper manner, it will last for 3-5 days. If you’re keeping it in the freezer in a proper manner, it will last for up to 3 months.
Store bought whipped cream lasts a lot longer because it has a lot of preservatives and added chemicals.
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