Hey friends! I’m back with a quick little How-To Tuesday post to get you all ready for holiday pie-baking, hot-cocoa-topping, and cake-decorating this week. We’re talking about how to make homemade whipped cream!
If you’ve never tried making homemade whipped cream before, it’s quick and easy to whip up in just a few minutes. And the good news is that it only calls for two main ingredients — cream and sweetener. I often like to add in a drizzle of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt too. And if you feel like kickin’ things up a notch, you can add in some extra flavors like cocoa or cinnamon or bourbon or whatever else sounds yummy.
All you need is a bowl and some sort of electric mixer (hand mixer, stand mixer, hand blender) to whip the cream. Then a fresh bowl of homemade whipped cream will be ready to enjoy in just a few minutes!
How To Make Whipped Cream | 1-Minute Video
How To Make Whipped Cream
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
- 1 tablespoon sweetener (powdered sugar or maple syrup)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Combine. Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix on medium-high speed until medium peaks form. (Or if you prefer stiff peaks, mix just a bit longer.)
- Serve. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. Enjoy!
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Hi, I’m going to make a cake but want to try making it with whip cream instead of butter cream…I find that the butter cream icing is a little too sweet for some peoples taste. I was wondering if this whip cream could be used for decorating cakes?! Does it take food color well or does the color separate? What would you suggest?! Thanks!!
I love making whipped cream. But I would love to use it on my cakes instead fo buttercream. How do I make it thicker and that it last as icing?
Ali! I just google searched “homemade whipped cream” and yours was third on the search results…so of course I came here!
Erin, I love it! Small little world…in KC and online. :) Hope you’re well!
~A
I just tried the tupperware method. I followed the recipes as far as the ingrediants go…while choosing vanilla extract as flavoring.
It worked great. I just shook it until it just about stopped making the swishing sound. Then i used a whisk and finished it by hand. After I stopped shaking it I added the sugar in about 3 increments and the vanilla extract at once.
The entire process including preparation took about 4 minutes.
Wow, Peter! That’s awesome!!! I’ll have to give that a try again — haven’t done the shaking method since I was a kid. But remember it being quite effective! :-)
If you are beating it by hand (the only way chefs would allow me to when I was first training), adding granulated sugar at the beginning makes it go faster – I think this is because the motion of the sugar crystals while it is beating actually helps it along more quickly.
What a cute post! I also love homemade whipped cream, and I really must try that tupperware method! Also, it sounds even more impressive when you tell your friends it’s creme chantilly ;p
Wow, I didn’t realize how easy it was to make it! Need to change my grocery list to cream intead of cool whip! ;) I do have a question though…can you freeze the homemade whip cream? I was just curious if I could make up a larger batch and freeze some. Thanks!
Hi Katie!
Hooray – glad you’re interested in trying this! Unfortunately, I don’t think that freezing it works too well, unless you perhaps want to freeze it in small dallops (or whatever individual servings you would like to use it for once it thaws). I think that could work. But it’s probably much better fresh.
Good luck!!!
~A
Great tutorial on whipped cream. I love the top-down picture of the heavy cream container!
This is great, Ali! I just posted a similar “how to” recipe a few weeks ago… You’re right, people always seem to be so amazed by homemade whipped cream, but it really is SO easy and SO much more delicious than store-bought!
yum! i love making homemade whipped cream…those pictures now have me craving it ;)
Hi, I’ve been reading your blog for a bit now, and I’ve tried some of your recipes with great success! Thanks!
I wanted to comment here because I love making my own whipped cream. My mom taught me how – we never used the store bought stuff when I was a kid. It’s also possible to make whipped cream by shaking it in a tupperware container until it’s all fluffy, however, I’ve accidentally made butter using this method in the past!
Thanks again!