How To Make Homemade Whipped Cream

Making whipped cream at home is quicker and easier than you might think. This homemade whipped cream has just four ingredients. It’s perfect for topping your favorite desserts, drinks, and more!

The best part about making homemade whipped cream is that you can always enjoy this delicious treat with fruit, desserts, and more. This simple DIY recipe for whipped topping is fun and easy to make. You’ll love the end result and it’s perfect for topping cakes, pies, and more as well!

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We use whipped cream or cool whip style toppings for all kinds of desserts, fruit, and drinks in our house. It’s easy to buy the cans or tubs of this stuff but when it comes down to it, the most natural option is to throw together a few simple ingredients and whip some up myself!

Let’s take a look at what you need to make whipped cream at home!

What do I need to make whipped cream at home?

There’s really not much to this recipe. You’ll be surprised probably by how few ingredients you need to make homemade whipped cream.

This recipe uses heavy cream, powdered sugar, sugar, and vanilla. That’s all it takes to make a batch of creamy, delicious, and fluffy whipped cream at home.

You can find the full amounts and ingredients listed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post. As always, you can also find helpful shopping links, nutritional estimations, step-by-step instructions, and more all on one easy to print and save sheet.

Do I have to use heavy cream?

Yes! The ingredients are important for this one so don’t change them up if you want this recipe to come out properly. Half and half and other substitutes won’t whip up properly.

These ingredients are easy to scale up or down if you need to make more or less whipped cream so keep that in mind.

If you do make substitutions or changes to the recipe we can’t guarantee how the recipe will come out. The ingredients listed are the ones we’ve used to make this recipe and for recipes like this the ingredients matter for the consistency of the final product.

What kitchen tools that will make this recipe super easy? 

We couldn’t live without our Kitchen Aid. It was well worth the investment, we’ve had ours for what seems like forever. The same goes with pretty much everyone we know. They really do last a long time and if you bake and cook a lot you’ll get plenty of use out of it! Whipping things and making stuff like shredded chicken are a breeze!

This recipe will benefit from a pastry bag! You can load the finished whipped cream into a pastry bag to pipe it onto your drinks, desserts, and more! Of course you can always just serve it up with a spoon but if you want to make it look fancy there’s nothing easier than a disposable pastry bag!

How to make the homemade whipped cream:

This recipe is super simple. It’s just two steps and you’ll have a tasty, natural, and versatile topping for your favorite desserts, fruit, and more. To chill your bowl just place it into the fridge or freezer if there is room to keep it nice a cold during the whipping process. This will help keep your whipped cream at the right texture.

Add all ingredients in a chilled bowl

Beat on medium speed or mix in a Kitchenaid on medium until the cream holds soft peaks

That was pretty easy, right?! It told you this was a simple one. It’s a great way to make whipped cream with ingredients that you can see and pronounce.

I love this homemade version and while it doesn’t hold up super well to sitting around in the refrigerator it’s so quick to make that I can just make a batch whenever we want some or need some for with a dessert, drinks, coffee’s, and more!

Want to make a flavored type of homemade whipped cream?!

This delicious cinnamon whipped cream topping is just as easy to make and perfect for topping all your favorite drinks, desserts, and even fruit!

You can also try out this homemade coffee whipped cream for another delicious version that is flavored!

The great thing about these flavored varieties of whipped cream is that you can eat them on their own too. No judgement here if you just take a spoon to these delicious treats! It’s a great way to top your favorite desserts, drinks, coffee, and anything else you can image.

There’s nothing like a sweet and creamy whipped cream topping on desserts, fruits, cookies, and cakes. If you are making dessert and feel like it needs a little something extra…whipped cream is the answer!

Do you have any recipes that can use homemade whipped cream?

Homemade whipped cream is so versatile. You can use it on any recipe that calls for whipped cream! I have a couple of wonderful desserts recipes that will go great with this whipped cream recipe, check them out below!

• Strawberry Cheesecake
• No Bake Pumpkin Pie Bites
• The Easiest Stuffed Strawberries Recipe
• Easy No Bake Chocolate Pudding Cake

Printable Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe:

You can print this recipe on one sheet below. It’s a nice option if you are traveling, baking with friends, or if you can’t make this recipe right now and need to save it for later! Make sure to come back and let us know what you put your whipped cream on…I might have to add a little to my cotton candy frappuccinos!