How to Make Whipped Cream

How to Make Whipped Cream

Homemade Whipped Cream Ingredients

To make it, you’ll need just three ingredients. You’ll need the following:

INGREDIENTS 

-1 cup cold heavy whipping cream

-2 tablespoons sugar, confectioner's sugar, honey, or maple syrup

-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or other extracts or flavorings

1. Heavy whipping cream – I prefer to use heavy whipping cream vs. whipping cream as I find that it holds its shape longer and produces a creamier result. It also works well if you plan to pipe your whipped cream or use it to fill pastries. I explain the differences between heavy cream, whipping cream, and heavy whipping cream below.

2. Sweetener – you are able to choose your favorite sweetener to use. I generally use confectioner’s sugar or honey, or maple syrup. Confectioner’s sugar provides the most classic and flavor-neutral sweetener on this list.

3. Flavorings – the options for flavoring are endless! My go-to for classic whipped cream is to use vanilla extract. You can also flavor with liquors, other extracts, and spices.

PREPARATION TIPS

To make it perfect every single time, you must start cold. Then go higher 

• Start Cold
  Chill your mixing bowl and whisk (yes, even those to your electric mixer) in the freezer for about 20 minutes to get as cold as possible. You’ll also want to make sure that your heavy whipping cream is as cold as possible, too.

• Go High
  Add all of your ingredients into your super chilled mixing bowl and whisk together on high speed for about a minute until stiff peaks form. And you are done!

Instructions:

*Prep. Place mixer bowl and whisk in freezer for at least 20 minutes to chill.

*Whip. Pour heavy whipping cream, sugar and vanilla into the cold bowl and whisk on high speed until medium to stiff peaks form, about 1 minute. Do not over beat.

*Serve. Serve immediately or see notes for how to store and freeze.

How to Make Flavored Whipped Cream

If you’d like to add another flavor to your recipe, you can switch it out with the vanilla extract, taste it and add a bit more if you think it is needed. Coconut rum and bourbon immediately come to mind as substitutes that people frequently use.

You can also use honey or maple syrup in place of the sugar, which also adds its own flavor, where you may decide that you don’t need to add anything else. Believe me, it tastes out of this world with both of those exchanges.

If you add more liquid to the recipe, you may need to whip it a bit longer than one minute to reach the stiff peak stage.

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