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- What it is: A super-fluffy, subtly spiced whipped cream, quickly infused with a comforting blend of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and ginger to capture the cozy flavor of chai.
- Why you’ll love it: This quick five-minute recipe adds a dramatic, aromatic twist to simple desserts like pumpkin pie, gingerbread, or a dollop on your morning coffee.
- How to make it: Simply beat cold heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar, and the classic chai spices (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves) together until soft peaks form.
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This chai whipped cream is intended as a perfect little wowzer of a dollop atop these banana bread muffins. And it works quite admirably in this function. Ever since I first succumbed to this incredibly easy and exquisitely spiced embellishment, I’ve been mulling over other destinations for it, seeing as it would be a shame to contain its usage to any singular incarnation. You’ll find my working list below and in the Testers Reviews beneath the recipe.
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“Wowzers!” That’s what folks are saying about this chai spiced whipped cream recipe. And that sorta sums up our feelings, too, seeing as we simply cannot stop dolloping it on everything. Here’s our short list of things we want to do with this little lovely. [Editor’s Note: Hey, we’re a family website, none of that.] Got your own inspiration? Let us know in a comment below.
- Dolloped atop pumpkin pie
- Swooped onto a slice of apple cake
- Spooned onto an elegant apple-cream cake
- Slathered on graham crackers
- Sandwiched between puffy cookies as a fancy schmancy whoopee pie
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Chai Spiced Whipped Cream
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the cream, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and confectioners’ sugar until fluffy and well combined. Swipe your finger in the chai whipped cream or snatch a beater, give it a lick, and, if desired, adjust the sweetness to your taste by adding more confectioners’ sugar.
- Use the chai spiced whipped cream immediately or cover and refrigerate it for up to a few hours. For ideas on what to serve with this, see the LC Note above.
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Recipe Testers’ Reviews
This chai spiced whipped cream…wowzers! This spiced cream contains loads of potential for future applications. You will dream about what else you could slather this onto or stir it into—graham crackers, ice cream, pie, cake, cookies, coffee or tea, doughnuts, waffles, the possibilities go on and on. I did cut the sugar in half for the whipped cream, as I personally don’t like things overly sweet.
I bet you could serve this chai spiced whipped cream with pumpkin pecan pie. I also think you could use pumpkin pie spice as a sub for all the individual spices.
This chai whipped cream would be fabulous slathered on spice cake, pumpkin pie, or just a spoon.
This is fantastic on warm gingerbread cake!!
Wonderful suggestion, Joan. Thank you!