5 Minute Keto Whipped Cream Recipe (3 Ingredients) (2024)

FAQs

What can I substitute for heavy cream in keto? ›

Coconut cream

If you have coconut cream in your house, it's an amazing substitute for heavy cream. It's keto-friendly, vegan-friendly and paleo-friendly.

Chilled Evaporated Milk and Lemon Juice

You also can use evaporated milk combined with lemon juice as a substitute for whipping cream. Simply take a can of chilled evaporated milk and combine it with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Beat it with an electric mixer and it will whip up well and make a suitable replacement.

Grab a cold bowl, and chill your heavy cream before beginning; cold cream whips better. Once chilled, use a whisk to beat the cream back and forth until soft peaks begin to form. Be patient with the process, and you'll have soft, whipped cream in no time.

Making whipped cream in a food processor is almost too easy. Using the standard blade attachment, pour the cold heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla extract if you're using it, into the bowl. Snap on the lid and turn the machine on. In 30 seconds to a minute, you'll have dense, billowing whipped cream.

Heavy Whipping Cream: The foundation of our whipped cream, heavy whipping cream is high in healthy fats and low in carbs, making it ideal for keto.

However, both heavy and whipping cream may contain added sugars, depending on the brand, so be sure to check the nutrition label to avoid any confusion. Heavy and whipping cream are high fat products with a low carb content, which means they're keto-friendly.

Rather than make a less-than-essential trip to the grocery store or go without whipped cream altogether, you can, in fact, substitute whole milk or half-and-half for heavy cream.

If you have butter and milk (whole milk or even half-and-half work best), you can make your own heavy cream substitute. To make 1 cup of heavy cream, melt 1/4 cup of butter and slowly whisk in 3/4 cup milk. This works for most baking or cooking recipes that require heavy cream, but it will not whisk into stiff peaks.

Use a fork to mix them together until they form a relatively uniform paste, then stir vigorously with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, constantly folding the mixture in on itself, until it is pale yellow and creamy, which may take up to 10 minutes.

Can I use regular sugar instead of powdered sugar for whipped cream? ›

You can use granulated sugar for this method and it will dissolve just fine as you whip the cream. One minor downside to this method is the whipped cream will not be as even as the hand-whipped cream.

Chilling the bowl and beaters will make the cream whip faster. The cream should also be very cold to beat properly. Add any sugar only after the cream has started to thicken. Make sure the cream has enough milk fat.

Start with a cold bowl and beaters (or a cold balloon whisk, if you're whipping by hand). It's the fat in cream that helps trap the air bubbles that make it light and fluffy. If it gets too warm, the fat melts and the air escapes.