How to Make Easy Homemade Whipped Cream – 4 Different Methods

How to make Easy Homemade Whipped Cream – 4 Different Methods

The easiest and quickest dessert you can make is whipped cream with a bowl of fruit. In this post I show you 4 different methods to make homemade whipped cream from the simplest bowl and whisk to the fancy stand mixer. And a few tips to make things easy.

On this blog I have so many desserts that use homemade whipped cream in some way or the other; so it’s simply fair that I share with you this basic and most important – how to make whipped cream at home.

Now I’m not going to presume you all have stand mixers like me or that  you all are lazy like me. Oh yes, I’m often lazy and I like short cuts. Let me share with you a few of my tips and tricks.

 

Tips – How to make Homemade Whipped Cream

• Always make sure your Fresh Cream is well chilled not frozen. Yup!! Frozen fresh cream does not whip well. Instead it will beat until it becomes cold before it starts to whip!
• Chill your mixer bowl – Since you cannot freeze fresh cream another way to keep that cream chilled longer is to chill your bowl in the fridge for 7 to 10 minutes before you start whipping.
• Ice Bowl – You will notice that almost all my pictures below have a bowl of ice when I make homemade whipped cream. Fresh Cream whips better and faster when cold but if you live in a hot and humid climate like here – then that fresh cream gets warm fast. To keep it chilled longer I use a bowl of ice under the bowl of Fresh cream. This help keep the cream chilled and whips faster too!

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How long does homemade whipped cream stay whipped?

Not really long. Usually an hour or so. If you plan to use it for dessert that needs to be kept longer – you need to stabilize whipped cream – I explained that in detail on this post How to Stabilize Whipped Cream – Five Different Methods.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Fresh Whipping Cream
• 3 tbsp fine granulated Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla

How to make Easy Homemade Whipped Cream – 4 different methods

Now it is important to remember that not everything requires stiff peaked whipped cream. Sometimes a soft whipped cream taste a lot better such as with fruits and fruit purees. Try it!

I – Let’s do the easy one first – The Stand Mixer 

99% of the time I make homemade whipped cream in my stand mixer. Told you I’m lazy!! Yes, I’ll admit – the stand mixer is a blessing to me as a home baker!!

• Place bowl and whisk in the fridge for 7 to 10 mins
• Pour  cream in the chilled bowl
• Start whipping fresh cream using the whisk attachment.
• After a minute of whipping – slowly add in the sugar
• Whip another minute or two until soft peaks.

II – Method – Hand Mixer 

I usually use this when I’m lazy to get the stand mixer out or if I’m making a really small quantity. The process is simply the same.

• If you chill the bowl – you will make whipped cream faster.
• Pour cream in a chilled bow.
• Beat with a hand mixer – here my bowl is small so I used only one of the attachments.
• Add sugar slowly after a minute
• Whisk until soft peaks form.

III – Method – Bowl and  Whisk 

I use this when I need a really small amount of whipped cream. Literally like 1/2 cup.
It does not take long to whip with a hand whisk but once you get use to the stand mixer – lazy is the word!
Again – if you chill your bowl – you will make whipping fresh cream easier.

• Pour cream in a chilled bow.
• Hold the bowl at an angle over a towel so it won’t slip.
• Add sugar slowly after a minute
• Whisk until soft peaks form

IV – Method – The Jar

Those of you that took home science in school probably remember doing this as an experiment.  The whole class gets to shake jar and make whipped cream? My Rhea loves doing this – shaking the jar!! You can see she whipped the soft whipped cream with fruits in the bowls below.

• Pour cold Fresh Cream into a Chilled glass jar
• Shake it until it thickens
• Voila!!  you have fresh cream.

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So what ever method you use and how much whipped cream you make – the process is mostly the same. Don’t forget to see the tips I mentioned above especially for those of you that live in hot and humid climates.

Well, now that you know how to make whipped cream you can make any desserts as simple as these little bowls of soft whipped cream with fruit to any of the impressive desserts we have on this blog from Delicious Mousses to Sweet Tarts and Desserts.