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How to Make Whipped Cream: 5 Incredible Whipped Cream Recipes + How to Stabilize Whipped Cream

Simple instructions showing how to make whipped cream! 3 methods for Stabilized Whipped Cream & 4 different recipes for the BEST Homemade Whipped Cream.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Whipped Cream
Servings: 16
Calories: 117kcal
Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

Classic Whipped Cream Recipe Ingredients

Almond/ Amaretto Whipped Cream Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp almond extract or Amaretto

Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream Recipe Ingredients

Brown Sugar Whipped Cream Recipe Ingredients

Chocolate Whipped Cream Recipe Ingredients

Stabilized Whipped Cream with Cream Cheese

Stabilized Whipped Cream with Unflavored Gelatin

  • 1 tsp unflavored gelatin

Stabilized Whipped Cream with Dry Pudding Mix

  • 2 TBSP dry vanilla pudding mix

Instructions

Directions for Classic Whipped Cream

  • Pour heavy cream into mixing bowl. Mix using a stand mixer or hand mixer for 3-4 minutes at medium high - high speed, until mixture thickens. When you pull the whisk up, the cream should form peaks that maintain their shape.
  • Add the powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix for another minute. Serve with dessert!

Directions for Almond/ Amaretto Whipped Cream

  • Pour heavy cream into mixing bowl. Mix using a stand mixer or hand mixer for 3-4 minutes at medium high - high speed, until mixture thickens. When you pull the whisk up, the cream should form peaks that maintain their shape.
  • Add the powdered sugar and almond extract (or Amaretto liqueur), then mix for another minute. Serve as desired. 

Directions for Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream

  • Pour heavy cream into mixing bowl. Mix using a stand mixer or hand mixer for 3-4 minutes at medium high - high speed, until mixture thickens. When you pull the whisk up, the cream should form peaks that maintain their shape.
  • Add the powdered sugar and vanilla bean paste, then mix for another minute. Serve with dessert!
  • **You can scrape the inside of 1-2 fresh vanilla beans and use it in place of the vanilla bean paste!

Directions for Brown Sugar Whipped Cream

  • Combine the heavy whipping cream, brown sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat on high 3-5 minutes, until stiff peaks form.
  • Whipped cream is best when served immediately or stabilized if you plan to serve it 24-48 hours later.

Directions for Chocolate Whipped Cream

  • Pour heavy cream into mixing bowl. Mix using a stand mixer or hand mixer for 3-4 minutes at medium high - high speed, until mixture thickens. When you pull the whisk up, the cream should form peaks that maintain their shape.
  • Add the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix for another 2 minutes.
  • Slowly add the melted chocolate, while the mixer is still beating the cream. The chocolate was too thick/ cooled to drizzle in, so I added it in spoonfuls, allowing it to be incorporated before adding more. Repeat until all the melted chocolate is added. Serve with dessert.

Stabilizing Whipped Cream with Cream Cheese

  • This is my favorite way to stabilize whipped cream because it's so simple & tastes lovely. All you do is whip the cream as directed, then once it's thick and creamy, you'll add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract and 1 oz softened cream cheese per cup of heavy cream. Whip an additional 2 minutes and that's it!

Stabilizing Whipped Cream with Unflavored Gelatin

  • Combine 1 TBSP water and 1 tsp unflavored gelatin in a small bowl. Stir lightly, then let sit 5 minutes. The gelatin will absorb the water and it will be more solid than liquid. Microwave for 7 seconds, stir and then slowly pour into the already whipped cream while the mixer is still mixing. Mix an additional 2 minutes, then it's done!

Stabilizing Whipped Cream with Dry Pudding Mix

  • Stabilizing whipped cream with pudding mix is very simple! All you do is mix the heavy cream until thick, then add 1 TBSP dry pudding mix per cup of heavy cream. Mix an additional 3 minutes and taste, then add powdered sugar and vanilla extract as you'd like. The pudding mix already contains some sugar and vanilla, but I always add more. 

Notes

Nutrition Info covers just the Basic Whipped Cream recipe, which serves about 16 people, if you're just topping pie. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 22mg | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 435IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 19mg