Preparation Steps

• Ensure your heavy whipping cream is very cold. You can also chill your mixing bowl and whisk attachment in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.
• Pour the cold heavy whipping cream into the chilled mixing bowl.
  1 cup heavy whipping cream
• Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract to the bowl.
  1 cup heavy whipping cream
• Using an electric mixer (or a whisk and some serious elbow grease), beat the mixture on medium-high speed. Start slowly and increase speed as it thickens. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. This usually takes about 30 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on your mixer.
• Be careful not to overbeat, or you'll end up with butter!
• Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for later use.