This homemade whipped cream recipe is light, airy, and easy to make with 3 ingredients! Better than store-bought, it's delicious on cakes, pies, and more.Jeanine Donofrio Phoebe MoorePublished Apr 23, 2026 Jump to recipe Learn how to make whipped cream! This homemade whipped cream recipe is easy to make in minutes with just 3 ingredients: heavy cream or heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla.It’s plush, airy, delicate, and lightly sweet.

Take it from me, as someone who bought the canned stuff for years and thought it was pretty great—homemade whipped cream is so much better.I recently made this whipped cream recipe to serve with my lemon olive oil cake and realized that I’d never shared it on the blog.It’s such a lovely finishing touch for desserts like cakes, pies, crisps, and crumbles that I thought it deserved a home here.The next time you’re looking for a simple way to take a treat over the top, make this whipped cream recipe! Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe: What You NeedYou need these basic ingredients and equipment to make this whipped cream recipe: An electric mixer with a whisk attachment – Either a stand mixer or hand mixer works.

Technically, you can also make whipped cream by hand with a whisk, but it would take quite a bit of whisking—definitely more than my arm would be up for! I recommend using a mixer for this recipe.A mixing bowl – Metal is best.I like to chill my bowl before making whipped cream, and metal retains i

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