Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting

Looking for something quick and easy to whip up for a gathering? This Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting (stabilized with instant pudding) is perfect! It’s great for a variety of cupcake flavors.

I decided to go with chocolate cupcakes, but you might pick lemon, vanilla, strawberry, or even a complementary raspberry cupcake. (Yum! Raspberry on raspberry!) This would also be tasty in one of my DIY cupcake trifles.

Why Stabilize Whipped Cream?

Traditional whipped cream is yummy. It’s a heavy cream that’s whipped until fluffy until it expands and forms peaks. Sugar (or powdered sugar) is usually added to sweeten. But whipped cream isn’t really a very stable frosting. As I covered in my Easy Cheesecake Mousse post, there are ways to “firm up” whipping cream and make it useful in different sweet dishes. Adding pudding is one easy/quick way.

Berries are the Perfect, Light Offering

Winter, spring, summer, or fall. . .you can’t go wrong with berries. And raspberries happened to be on sale at my local grocery store, so I picked up a large pack. (I eat them daily, anyway.) But, berry-infused whipped cream? Um, yes, please!

Sometimes You Just Dive Right In. . .

And in this case I knew I should! I had decided to make cupcakes for the kids and grandkids for a family gathering, but couldn’t settle on the flavor of cupcake. I just knew it had to be something that went with raspberry. The first thing that came to mind was lemon, of course, but I recently posted about my strawberry-lemonade cake and didn’t want to go that route again. So, I deviated from my norm and went with. . .

Chocolate.

Yep. I made chocolate cupcakes, hollowed out the center (cored them) and added the raspberry whipped cream. So, let’s talk about how I did all of that.

What You’ll Need for Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 quart (32 oz) whipping cream
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 3.4 oz. pkg instant vanilla pudding
• 1 pint raspberries (fresh/washed)
• Cupcakes in any flavor to put the frosting on

How to Make my Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting

It’s so easy, y’all! Mine was done in less than ten minutes and that included searching for the ingredients and washing the berries! It took a little longer to bake the cupcakes, but even they came together quickly. All that to say, you could make and serve this dish in record time! Here’s what I did:

Add whipping cream to mixing bowl and beat until it’s about halfway there. (No stiff peaks)

Add powdered sugar and instant pudding

Continue to whip until peaks form.

Add 1 pint fresh/washed berries.

Mix until they are mashed up and incorporated. (You’ll need them to be fully mashed if you plan to pipe your frosting.)

Add 1 dot of red food coloring if you want yours to be a little pinker. (I did!) Then put in piping bags with your favorite tips. I chose my favorite 1M (from Wilton).

Bake and cool cupcakes. Core out the centers.

Fill the center with frosting and press a fresh berry inside. (Mine were so large that I had to cut them in half to fit!)

Decorate cupcakes with 1M tip and add a raspberry on top.

I got so excited about this project that I decided to drizzle some chocolate syrup on one of the cupcakes.

Store in refrigerator until time to serve!

• Stabilized whipped cream will remain fresh in your refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Other Ways to Use my Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting

There are so many ways to use stabilized whipping cream. I could have opted to use it as a frosting on my Pink Ombre Cake. Or, I might have use it in a trifle. And guess what? I have some leftover frosting, so I might just make some of my Lemon Burst cookies and sandwich it between two of the cookies. (Yum! That sounds amazing, right?)

I found a terrific whipped cream-based dessert on South Your Mouth. Check out this Black Forest Oreo Dessert, y’all. Looks yummy. And speaking of South Your Mouth, my Raspberry Whipped Cream frosting was shared on their Weekend Potluck.

Variations on stabilized whipping cream

Instead of using fresh berries, you might try:

• chocolate shavings (or mini chocolate chips)
• blueberries
• blackberries
• strawberries
• lemon zest
• orange zest
• sprinkles
• chocolate syrup

Let me know your thoughts on stabilized whipped cream. I happen to be a huge fan. Hope the kids and grandkids are, too!

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