Quick 5-Minute Clotted Cream Recipe (2024)

Learn how to make thick, creamy clotted cream at home in 5-minutes with this easy step-by-step recipe. It’s made with cream cheese, heavy creamy, white sugar, and vanilla extract — it’s such a simple 4-ingredient recipe! If you’re looking for homemade Devonshire cream, try this DIY recipe!

Homemade Clotted Cream with Scones

You are going to love this quick clotted cream recipe. With simple ingredients and virtually no prep time, you’ll have a creamy DIY clotted cream in no time!

This is one of my favorite easy dessert recipes because you only need 4 ingredients you can find at your local grocery store and a few minutes of prep!

Next time you’re serving up some chocolate chip scones, blueberry scones or sour cream scones, don’t forget to include homemade clotted cream on the side (along with Strawberry jam without pectin). It’s thick and creamy with just the slightest bit of sweetness. If this is your first time making clotted cream, you’ll be surprised by how easy it is to make it!

What is Devonshire Cream?

You may have heard clotted cream referred to as Devonshire Cream or Cornish Cream. These names are derived from the Devon and Cornwall regions in South West England, where the production of clotted cream is often associated.

Clotted cream is a thick cream made by heating full-fat cow’s milk using steam or a water bath to allow the cream to rise to the surface forming cream clots, giving clotted cream its name. Devon cream began as a way to separate the fat from the milk to make butter. During that period, clotted cream and butter were used as methods of preserving milk.

Homemade Devonshire clotted cream is usually very time-consuming to make, so that’s why I made this quick 5 minute version!

Clotted Cream Ingredients

  • Cream cheese
  • White sugar
  • Vanilla
  • Heavy cream

How to Make Clotted Cream

In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer.

Add heavy cream into the bowl and continue mixing until fluffy and peaks form in the cream. This process takes a few minutes so keep mixing until those peaks form.

Serve immediately, or let the cream cool and keep chilled in the refrigerator if serving later.

What to Serve With Clotted Cream

What can you serve with clotted cream other than chocolate chip scones or pumpkin scones? You can use it to top pretty much any pastry of your liking, as a fruit dip, or use a dollop to top off your ice cream! It’s become a dessert staple in our house. You can even add some to your earl grey tea for a delicious cream tea or any London fog-type drink.

What’s the Difference Between Clotted Cream and Whipped Cream?

Whipped cream is a lighter, fluffier cream. It’s typically flavored with vanilla and is very sweet. Clotted cream is closer to butter in that it is thick and only lightly sweet.

What is the Difference Between Butter and Clotted Cream?

The process of creating butter and clotted cream is the main difference between the two. Butter requires churning whipped cream into butter, which is a slow process. While making clotted cream is all about separating milk fat from your cream. Plus, butter tends to be more savory.

This clotted cream is much easier and less time-consuming than making butter. Plus, the uses slightly vary. Butter is used for baking, toast, etc. Clotted cream is mostly a topping for pastries and desserts due to its smooth texture and slightly sweet flavor profile.

How to Store

If you find yourself with leftovers, store your clotted cream in an airtight container or jar in the fridge to enjoy the next day, or keep it for up to 3-5 days.

The thick consistency of this sweet treat is the perfect creamy texture to serve with scones and pastries. I hope you love this DIY clotted cream as much as I do!

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Learn how to make thick, creamy clotted cream at home in 5-minutes with this easy step-by-step recipe. It’s made with cream cheese, heavy creamy, white sugar, and vanilla extract — it’s such a simple 4-ingredient recipe! If you’re looking for homemade Devonshire cream, try this DIY recipe!

By: Pamela Reed

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

serves 12

Ingredients

  • 3 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  • In a large bowl cream together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. Add heavy cream into the bowl and continue mixing until fluffy and peaks form in the cream, about 2-3 minutes.

    Quick 5-Minute Clotted Cream Recipe (9)

  • Serve immediately, or keep chilled in the refrigerator if serving later on.

    Quick 5-Minute Clotted Cream Recipe (10)

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Course: Dessert

Keyword: Clotted cream recipe, how to make clotted cream

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Quick 5-Minute Clotted Cream Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the American equivalent of clotted cream? ›

The next best thing would be any other thick cream. Get some double cream (heavy cream to Americans) and whip it until stiff, and you'll have about the right consistency.

How to make cream quickly? ›

Making Cream from Milk
  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat, then stir 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of melted butter into the cold milk.
  2. Pour the milk into the melted butter and heat over low heat until it starts to steam. ...
  3. Use a blender to mix the cream until it thickens.

What is a good substitute for clotted cream in scones? ›

Crème fraîche can be used as a clotted cream substitute as a topping for fruit and baked goods as it has a similar thickness and creaminess to that of clotted cream. But considering crème fraîche's more tangy, sour flavour, it will be a better fit for some recipes than others.

What happens if you whip clotted cream? ›

So to answer your question, you probably won't get exactly what you want. The fresh cream you add will likely whip, and the clotted cream is thick enough that you might not have the stability issues I had, but it definitely won't be a regular whipped cream. I would be careful whipping it at all, however.

What is the closest thing to clotted cream? ›

Mock Clotted Cream Substitute
  • 3 ounces cream cheese.
  • 14 cup powdered sugar.
  • 14 cup sour cream.
  • 18 teaspoon almond extract.
  • 1 tablespoon milk.

Why is clotted cream illegal in the US? ›

Its exclusivity extends beyond England, however, as clotted cream is technically illegal in America. Why? True clotted cream is made with unpasteurized milk, and the FDA officially banned the distribution of any milk or milk products that haven't been pasteurized in America in 1987.

How to make cream in 1 minute? ›

Pour heavy cream into the container of the blender and cover. Turn the motor on to low speed for 10 seconds and then switch to the highest speed for 10 seconds to make soft texture or 20 seconds for a more firm texture, depending on your desired consistency. The result? Perfect whipped cream peaks!

How to make cream with only milk and butter? ›

Melt 1/4 cup unsalted butter (that's 4 tablespoons or half a stick) and let it cool to room temperature. Then, whisk it together with 3/4 cup whole milk. This mixture is equivalent to 1 cup of heavy cream and can be used in almost any recipe that calls for heavy cream.

Can I use sour cream instead of clotted cream? ›

directions. Fold vanilla into sour cream. Beat heavy cream until stiff peaks form the fold in the sugar. Fold this mixture into the sour cream/vanilla mixture.

What do the British call clotted cream? ›

It is also called Devonshire, Devon clotted cream, or Cornish clotted cream, depending on where it was made. The dish is traditionally made with full-fat unpasteurized cow's milk, although many recipes today feature heavy cream.

Is clotted cream just whipped butter? ›

Clotted cream and whipped cream are both made with heavy cream, but while whipped cream is whipped into airy peaks, clotted cream is heated and separated, for a far denser texture. With its ultra-thick consistency, clotted cream can even be mistaken for butter.

Is mascarpone the same as clotted cream? ›

Both Mascarpone and Clotted cream are made with cream, both have the SAME fat content and both are made by heating the cream. Mascarpone is curdled and sweetened, clotted cream is not. Creme Fraiche is more closely related to sour cream and is made the same way.

What else can I use clotted cream for? ›

Main Dishes
  • Massaman curry with Rodda's clotted cream. ...
  • Rodda's clotted cream & blue cheese rarebit. ...
  • Gill Meller's Steak and Chips with Rodda's Cornish Clotted Cream Peppercorn Sauce. ...
  • Creamy sundried tomato pasta salad with roasted garlic and Rodda's Cornish clotted cream.

Can I put clotted cream in coffee? ›

Cream (single, whipping, double, even clotted) in hot chocolate, yes by all means, and also sometimes in hot coffee.

Do they have clotted cream in America? ›

In states like New York, Texas, and others, you can only buy raw milk directly from farms. That doesn't mean that you're totally out of luck when it comes to clotted cream here in the U.S. It might not be authentic, but versions of the cream are for sale on Amazon and at stores like Whole Foods.

Does Trader Joe's carry clotted cream? ›

Where can I buy clotted cream in the USA? If you'd rather buy clotted cream than make it, try Trader Joe's, Whole Food or Wegmanns. Or grab a jar of clotted cream here on Amazon.

Can I take clotted cream to USA? ›

It is absolutely permissable to bring clotted cream into the US from the UK. I've done it multiple times, but not in carry-on, it must go in checked baggage. Wrap it tightly in cling film to prevent leaks, pack in a soft cooler with a freezer block, declare on customs form et voila, clotted cream in the US!

What is clotted cream in English? ›

Meaning of clotted cream in English

a thick cream made by heating milk then leaving it to cool so that the cream rises to the top in soft lumps, made especially in the south west of England: We were served tea and scones with clotted cream and jam.

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