Cardamom Whipped Cream

Whipped cream is perfection.

Eat it with fruit, eat it with cake, eat it with hot chocolate, eat it with a spoon. Whipped. Cream. All. Day.

I ate plenty of whipped cream from both a can and a tub growing up, and I wasn’t complaining one single bit. I envied those kids on TV who were spraying whipped cream straight into their mouths, cheeks full like chipmunks storing nuts for the winter. But now, I don’t understand why anyone would reach for the can or the tub when making whipped cream yourself is practically just as easy.

It literally takes 5 minutes to make, it tastes 100 times better than what you can buy at the store and there are no extra ingredients in the list that you can’t pronounce. I can’t think of an easier dessert than chopping up some summer fruit and topping it with a dollop of homemade whipped cream. Every time I make it for my family or friends they are like, “Wow! You made this from scratch?!” as if I had just spent hours in the kitchen.

Do it. You won’t regret it. I promise.

If I could start every day with a chai tea latte piled high with a mountain of this Cardamom Whipped Cream, I would be in heaven. The combination of cardamom, cinnamon and maple syrup gives something that’s already creamy and cozy even more warmth.

These days I use maple syrup to sweeten any whipped cream I’m making. A little bit goes a long way, and it blends in beautifully with the cream. Not to mention, it’s a natural, unrefined source of sweetness.

Try this whipped cream on a hot or iced chai tea latte (my preference), peach cobbler, apple pie, berries, French toast or basically any other dessert you can think of.