Easy Homemade Whipped Cream

Ingredients needed

Heavy Whipping Cream – Make sure it is very cold.

Powdered Sugar – Heavy cream is not sweetened, which means we need to sweeten the whipped cream. Powdered sugar is the perfect choice because it dissolves right into the cream – no grainy sugar crystals.

Vanilla Extract – A touch of vanilla is essential for that classic whipped cream flavor. See my other flavor variations below!

How to make homemade whipped cream

Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, or stand mixer, beat on medium-high speed until the cream is thickened and fluffy. You can beat it until it holds soft or stiff peaks, your choice.

Recipe tips

• Keep your ingredients COLD! The cream should not get warm at any point during this process. Make sure you are starting with heavy cream that is coming straight from your fridge.

Make ahead option

Yes! Homemade Whipped Cream will last in the fridge for several days. That being said, I highly recommend making it 24 hours or less from when you need it. Keep it tightly covered in the refrigerator.

Note: The longer it sits in the fridge the more it will “deflate”. If the whipped cream loses some volume, and appears thinner than you would like it to be, simply whisk it (by hand or with a mixer) to thicken it up again.

How to fix overbeat whipped cream

Accidentally beat the whipped cream too much? I’ve been there! Add a couple tablespoons of cream and whisk it in by hand. This should thin it out and bring it back to soft peak consistency. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used this trick!

If you’ve really overbeat it and it’s starting to curdle, it’s likely that you’ll have to start over again.

Flavored whipped cream

Another reason you’ll love making whipped cream is that you can flavor it any way you want.

I most often use traditional vanilla whipped cream, but there are times that flavored whipped cream can really take things over the top. Here are some of my favorite flavored whipped creams and ways to serve them. See the recipe below for how to flavor the whipped cream.

• Coffee/Espresso Whipped Cream: Serve with brownies, chocolate cake, mocha poke cake, or white hot chocolate.
• Cinnamon Whipped Cream: Serve with pumpkin pie, apple pie, spice cake, apple crisps, stuffed apples, or cider floats.
• Salted Caramel Whipped Cream: Serve with brownie trifles, vanilla ice cream, apple pie, or iced or hot coffee.
• Peppermint Whipped Cream: Serve with chocolate cake, brownies, hot chocolate.
• Lemon Whipped Cream: Serve with fresh berries, pound cake, angel food cake.
• Peanut Butter Whipped Cream: Serve with brownie trifles, ice cream pie, brownies, icebox cake.
• Berry Whipped Cream: Serve with pound cake, berry pie, berry crumble bars, vanilla ice cream.
• Maple Whipped Cream: Serve with pecan pie, gingerbread, pancakes/waffles/french toast.
• Chocolate Whipped Cream: Serve with strawberries, raspberries, pound cake, coffee, hot chocolate, cheesecake.