If you've been looking for a keto-friendly whipped cream recipe, then you're in luck because today we are going to show you how easy it is to make homemade sugar free whipped cream in just 5-minutes!
Keto Whipping Cream
If you have never made homemade keto whipping cream before, you may not understand just how delicious it can be! With just 3 ingredients and 5-minutes you can create a super tasty dessert or dessert topping that will dissappear as soon as you put it on the table.
In our home, we love using low carb whipped cream! While the options are truly endless, some of our personal favorites including adding it to keto chocolate mouse, topping keto pumpkin pie, adding a dollop to hot cocoa, or even thickening it up and eating it as a mousse-style dessert. There's seriously no shortage of ways to use this stevia or Swerve sweetened whipped cream.
Why You'll Love This!
- Make a super quick and easy homemade sugar-free whipped cream using just 3 common kitchen ingredients!
- Top your favorite keto desserts or serve whipping cream as the dessert (seriously, it's a FABULOUS dessert all on its own!).
- As the name implies, keto whipped topping is the perfect dessert option for keto and low-carb eaters alike, but it's also compliant with gluten-free and sugar-free lifestyles as well.
Are you looking for additional low-carb desserts that you can enjoy without losing all of your healthy-eating progress? Be sure to try our Keto Creme Brulee, Keto Blondies, and Keto Raspberry Custard Pie.
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Ingredient Notes
There are only 3 ingredients in this homemade keto whipping cream recipe, so there is seriously no excuses not to make it. The store-bought whipping cream is filled with stuff you don't want to eat. Plus, since it only takes 5 minutes to put together, my guess is it'll become a new favorite keto recipe.
- heavy whipping cream - or whipping cream (the fat content of heavy whipping cream is higher)
- vanilla extract
- Swerve erythritol or Lakanto monkfruit
A Note On Keto Sweeteners
The most popular keto sweeteners that can also be used to make low carb whipped cream are: Swerve brand erythritol, Lakanto Monkfruit (a monk fruit erythritol blend), and Stevia.
Both erythritol and monk fruit can be swapped in most recipes 1:1 that call for granulated sugar. Whether I use Swerve brand erythritol or Lakanto monkfruit often depends on what's in my pantry. I've experimented with both. If I HAD to pick my absolute favorite keto sweetener, it would be the Lakanto Monkfruit.
Stevia is another popular ketogenic sweetener, it's MUCH stronger than erythritol, monk fruit, and regular granulated sugar. You CANNOT substitute it 1:1 in recipes. Personally, I like to save stevia for recipes that just use a pinch since in large quantities it takes on a bitter powdery taste.
Although, stevia is FANTASTIC in keto whipping cream!
Stevia instructions down below!
Step By Step Instructions
Here's the quick and easy 5 minute no-bake recipe for keto and low carb whipped cream (well, actually it's no carb whipped cream)!
Assemble
Add the heaving whipping cream, vanilla extract, and sweetener to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Whip
With a handheld electric mixer or stand mixer, beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form, which will take about 2 minutes.
You can beat 1 more minute to create stiff peaks if you're creating a keto whipped cream vanilla mousse. Be sure not to overbeat or you'll start making butter.
It's best to serve the keto whipping cream immediately, but it can be stored up to 2 hours in your fridge.
Recipe serves 4-8 depending on if this is being used as a dollop on top of another dessert or as a dessert on its own.
Recipe Tips
- The key to making a great low carb whipped cream is in keeping everything cold! Leave your cream in the fridge until you are ready to whip it. Or, you chill your bowl and beaters before you begin making your homemade whipped cream.
- Soft Peaks vs Stiff Peaks: Forming soft peaks means to beat the whipping cream until little cream peaks form when you pull the beaters out. The keto whipped cream is very light and fluffy at this point and just barely holds its shape. To create stiffer peaks, continue whipping, but be careful to not overwhip as you will create butter. Here's a link to an article by Fine Cooking Magazine which shows images for soft peaks, medium peaks, and stiff peaks.
Common Questions
When made with stiff peaks, you can actually serve this homemade dessert all by itself! It will take on a consistency similar to vanilla mousse. Or, you can use it to top all of your favorite low-carb desserts including keto pumpkin pie and keto raspberry custard pie
Keto friendly whipped cream is best served immediately, especially if you want to hold it's fluffy shape by making vanilla mousse with a pastry bag and cupcake tip.
The no-carb whipped cream will keep in the fridge for up to two hours. It'll seriously start to soften and lose its shape after that so you only want to make as much as you're needing for a recipe.
No, you cannot freeze this keto whipped cream recipe.
If you'd prefer not to worry about soft peaks, stiff peaks, or even worse, turning your low carb whipping cream into butter, one of my FAVORITE kitchen finds is a whipped cream dispenser that makes it perfect every time and works GREAT for storing the keto whipping cream for days instead of just 2 hours.
More Keto Dessert Recipes
Look for more keto dessert recipes?
- Keto Chocolate Mousse
- Low Carb Pumpkin Bread
- Keto Pumpkin Pie
- Keto Creme Brulee
- Keto Blondies
- Keto Raspberry Custard Pie
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Recipe
Keto Whipped Cream
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon Swerve
Instructions
- Add the heaving whipping cream, vanilla extract, and sweetener to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- With a handheld electric mixer or stand mixer, beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form, which will take about 2 minutes.
- You can beat 1 more minute to create stiff peaks if you're creating a keto whipped cream vanilla mousse. Be sure not to overbeat or you'll start making butter.
- It's best to serve the keto whipping cream immediately, but it can be stored up to 2 hours in your fridge.
- Recipe serves 4-8 depending on if this is being used as a dollop on top of another dessert or as a dessert on its own.
Notes
Nutrition
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Jay Haskell says
I used monkfruit, added strawberries and I couldn't get it to thicken up. What did I do wrong?
WholeLottaYum says
Hi Jay,
Usually if whipping cream hasn't thickened it needed to be beaten longer. Are you using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer? Those two will take less time to whip cream than doing it by hand. The other possibility is the juices from the strawberries possibly made the whipped cream too soft to set? I'd recommend making the whipping cream first and then gently fold in fruit at the end. I hope this helps! Jen
Jen says
This was perfect - thank you! X
Yck says
How is it no carb when all heavy creams have a small amount of carbs. There is no such thing as no carb heavy cream, even if the nutrition facts say 0 for that small serving. More like low carb whipped cream. Just misleading to call it NO carb.
WholeLottaYum says
We used a heavy cream that says 0 carbs on the label, we recommend finding a brand that also says 0 carbs. The USDA allows labels to show as 0 as long as they're under 1 net carb, so it that you're correct. This is almost no carb and as no carb as it gets when a 0 carb whipping cream is purchased.
Laura Schell says
Is Splenda Stevia keto freindly
Alexa says
Hi,
Love the recipes but i was just wondering as to what you considered a serving it says contains 8 servings but is that 1 tbs? Or what is it