WHIPPED CREAM
2 to 2 ½ cups
This recipe gives you the option of sweetening the whipped cream or not. Unsweetened whipped cream is excellent on very sweet desserts where you want the richness of the cream without any more sugar. For lightly sweet desserts or to use the whipped cream as a cake filling or frosting, add a sweetener as desired.
Beat in a large bowl (chill the bowl if your kitchen is very warm) with a hand mixer or balloon whisk or in a stand mixer set at medium-high speed, until stiff and billowy but not grainy:
- 1 cup cold heavy cream
- (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste)
- (½ teaspoon vanilla)
Use immediately.