12 recipes with heavy cream, from cake to cookies to cobbler
If you've got leftover heavy cream, then we have recipes for you.
Many recipes call for heavy cream ... but they don't always call for a full pint of heavy cream. Which means, more often than not, baking with heavy cream leaves you with anywhere from a half a cup to a few tablespoons lingering in your fridge. Luckily, we have plenty of recipes that call on heavy cream for tenderness, browning, or body — so if you're looking to bake with cream, start here. (And if you need a heavy cream substitute, we have you covered, too.)
1) Cream Tea Scones
Soft, tender, and easy to make, these scones rely on fruit for flavor and heavy cream for richness. They bake into golden wedges ready for butter and pair best with a fresh mug of coffee or tea. Try the gluten-free version, too!
Get the recipe: Cream Tea Scones
To make this recipe, you’ll need: Baker’s Fruit Blend
2) Easy Ice Cream Pie
If you want a delicious dessert without turning on the oven, try this no-bake showstopper. A buttery graham cracker crust anchors a no-churn ice cream filling made by whipping heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla into peaks. Pour the billowing mixture into the crust, freeze the whole pie, then savor each satiny bite.
Get the recipe: Easy Ice Cream Pie
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
3) Sourdough Discard Blueberry Cobbler
To make this biscuit-style fruit cobbler, mix hot heavy cream and sourdough discard into a tangy batter, then dollop atop a pan brimming with blueberries seasoned with lemon zest and sugar. (And if you don’t have access to ripe berries, the recipe works with frozen blueberries, too.) Serve fresh from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an extra-summery treat.
Get the recipe: Sourdough Discard Blueberry Cobbler
To make this recipe, you’ll need: Sparkling Sugar
4) Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
The spirit of strawberry shortcake takes on a fun, portable form in this recipe. Soft, tender cookies made with heavy cream substitute for biscuits, and they sandwich a filling made from freeze-dried strawberries and more heavy cream. Apply sparkling sugar before baking to ensure a dazzling look.
Get the recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
To make this recipe, you’ll need: Sparkling Sugar
5) Creamy Key Lime Bars
These bars offer an easy twist on the classic pie; instead of condensed milk and eggs, cook heavy cream, sugar, and lime juice on the stovetop to create a silky, posset-like filling over the timeless graham cracker crust. Chill, slice, and top the bars with whipped cream and slender shavings of lime zest for a tropical dessert.
Get the recipe: Creamy Key Lime Bars
To make this recipe, you’ll need: Floribbean Key Lime Juice
6) Self-Rising Cream Biscuits for Shortcake
Self-rising flour is the secret to these pillowy biscuits, which come together with just sugar, vanilla, and cream. Heavy cream does double duty here, as it makes both biscuits and whipped cream to top the layer of sliced strawberries on each shortcake.
Get the recipe: Self-Rising Cream Biscuits for Shortcake
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Unbleached Self-Rising Flour
7) Chocolate Icebox Pie
This pie features a rich yet airy filling that's made by folding melted chocolate and cocoa powder into whipped cream for a mousse-like dessert. Try it with either our Triple Cocoa Blend or Double Dark Cocoa for different depths of chocolate flavor.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Icebox Pie
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Triple Cocoa Blend
8) Bacon Cheddar Chive Scones
Crisp, buttery, and studded with bacon and chunks of cheese, these savory scones pop with fresh chives. Almost a full cup of heavy cream goes into the dough to ensure a tender, fluffy texture, and we recommend brushing the scones with more cream before baking to help them brown and crisp even more.
Get the recipe: Bacon Cheddar Chive Scones
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Pastry Flour Blend
9) Creamy Coconut Sheet Cake
Sweetened with shredded coconut, coconut milk, and coconut extract in the cake, the soak, and the topping, this dessert has a strong, fruity flavor in every bite. It’s crowned with a cloud-like whipped cream and cream cheese topping under a heavy shower of toasted coconut to finish. Try our Gluten-Free Coconut Cake for an alternative option!
Get the recipe: Creamy Coconut Sheet Cake
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Unbleached Cake Flour
10) Easy Drop Biscuits
These two-ingredient biscuits are an easy staple and an excellent way to use up any heavy cream left in your fridge. Simply mix heavy cream with self-rising flour, scoop, and bake. Need more or less than the 3/4 cup of heavy cream in the recipe? Just use equal parts cream and flour by weight, or one part cream, two parts flour if measuring by volume.
Get the recipe: Easy Drop Biscuits
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Self-Rising Flour
11) Whipped Cream Dream Cake
Inspired by Danish Dream Cake, this clever recipe relies on whipped cream as both the fat and liquid in the cake — no need for butter or milk, just heavy cream. The resulting cake has a bronzed, bubbling coconut butterscotch topping, cocoa filling, and all the flavor of a Girl Scout cookie.
Get the recipe: Whipped Cream Dream Cake
To make this recipe, you’ll need: King Arthur Double Dark Cocoa Blend
12) Tiramisu
This espresso-soaked and cocoa-dusted tiramisu substitutes sponge cake for ladyfingers to create a light and decadent dessert to savor with evening espresso. Meanwhile, the filling is made with both classic mascarpone and heavy cream, which lends an ultra-smooth texture.
Get the recipe: Tiramisu
To make this recipe, you’ll need: Espresso Powder
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