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.

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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? ›

In the U.S, clotted cream would be classed as butter due to its high fat content. Clotted cream is an essential part of a cream tea and is a huge hit with tourists in Devon and Cornwall.

What is a good substitute for clotted cream? ›

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.

Should I whip clotted cream? ›

No. If done right, the consistency will already be thick and creamy with no extra whipping required. How do you loosen clotted cream? If you feel like the consistency is too thick, simply stir in a small amount of the thin leftover liquid.

Is clotted cream just whipped butter? ›

With its ultra-thick consistency, clotted cream can even be mistaken for butter. But butter is churned, rather than separated, and while clotted cream may be closer to butter in terms of fat content, its flavour is more milky than buttery.

Why is clotted cream illegal in the US? ›

So there you have it: the reason clotted cream at tearooms is not real clotted cream has all to do with Federal regulations prohibiting the use of raw milk, false advertising, and if you are looking for Devonshire cream the lack of cows from Devon living in the United States.

Can you get real clotted cream in the US? ›

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 Aldi's sell clotted cream? ›

ALDI Ultimate English Clotted Cream Delivery or Pickup Near Me | Instacart.

Is clotted cream the same as heavy whipping cream? ›

Clotted cream is incredibly rich, requiring 55 percent butterfat to be properly classified as clotted cream. For comparison, heavy cream has a mere 36 percent butterfat.

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.

What is the difference between Devonshire cream and clotted cream? ›

It may seem confusing but in actuality, clotted cream and Devon cream (or Devonshire cream or Cornish cream) are the same thing. Thought to have been first introduced to England by Phoenicians around 2000 years ago, clotted cream is a thick (and high fat) spreadable compound.

What is the liquid left after making clotted cream? ›

Don't discard the liquid that is left behind after straining the clotted cream. This liquid, known as “whey,” can be used in baking or added to smoothies for extra protein.

How long does clotted cream last once opened? ›

An average rule of thumb is Clotted cream can be kept in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Once opened it lasts for approximately 4 days, depending on how you refrigerate it. Unopened clotted cream will keep for longer, up to 14 days.

Can you put clotted cream in coffee? ›

Can you put clotted cream in coffee? Clotted cream is too heavy for coffee, but single and double cream can be used. To float double cream on top add some sugar to the coffee and lightly whip the cream first.

Why is clotted cream not sold in Canada? ›

"The Canadian Government" has not allowed companies the quota to import Clotted Cream from England. If/when independent retail locations import Clotted Cream they would be (and are) subject to a tax and tarrif around 70% of the retail price of the cream.

Why is clotted cream so nice? ›

Clotted cream has the richness of butter but the creaminess of whipped cream. As my colleague Anya put it, "it's everything you love about whipped cream, but better because it's thick." It's thick enough to sit on top of a scone rather than sink in; in that way, it creates the perfect bed for a layer of jam.

What is the closest cream to clotted cream? ›

Making mock Devonshire cream, sometimes called clotted cream, is quick and easy. Add the sugar, sour cream, and cream cheese to the bowl of an electric mixer. Cream the sugar, sour cream, and cream cheese together until smooth and blended. Pour in the heavy cream and whip until thick, soft peaks form.

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.

What is a good substitute for cream in scones? ›

You can make a similar heavy cream alternative using regular milk and butter. Whole milk has a fat percentage of around 3.5% and is preferable to lower-fat varieties, but you'll still want to use more melted butter than you would with half-and-half. For best results, try mixing ⅔ cup of whole milk with ⅓ cup butter.

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