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Published: Jun 27, 2022, By: Melissa, Updated: Oct 15, 2023

Strawberries and Cream

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This strawberries and cream dessert is a delicious and easy recipe that really takes advantage of fresh strawberries when they are in season. Once you try this simple no-cook dessert, I know you will be hooked.

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Strawberries with cream poured over the top is my favorite simple dessert that uses fresh strawberries and fresh sweet cream and it is really delicious. I serve it at breakfast, for dessert, and even as a snack.

I enjoy making this no-cook dessert during the strawberry season here in Texas. Since there are not many strawberry fields around where I live, we have been growing our own in our garden.

While this easy strawberry dessert is the dessert served at Wimbledon, American farmers have been making this for generations.

To jazz things up in this recipe just a bit, I have added a little vanilla and just a pinch of powdered sugar to enhance the sweetness of the cream. Let me show you how easy it is to make!

Ingredients Needed

bowl of fresh strawberries
When strawberries are in season and fresh like this, strawberries and cream make the perfect dessert.
  • Fresh strawberries. With the tops and greens cut off. Save those tops and make a strawberry tops syrup with them later!
  • Heavy Cream. I like to use heavy whipping cream for this. Regular heavy cream will work well too.
  • Powdered Sugar. It is helpful to sift the powdered sugar before adding it to the whipped cream so there are no lumps when you mix it into the cream. If you have access to really fresh cream, it will already be sweet and you may not need this. Taste your cream first and decide if it needs the sugar.
  • Vanilla Extract. Vanilla brings out the sweetness of the cream.

How to make strawberries and cream

This strawberries and cream dessert is extremely easy to make in fact it is just assembling. Here are the steps:

  • Slice strawberries into quarters and add to a bowl: I like to add fresh strawberries to individual bowls.
  • Add powdered sugar and vanilla to cream and mix well.
  • Pour cream over the strawberries: Pour the cream over the top of the strawberries right you are ready to eat.
strawberries and cream

Recipe Faqs

How do you store strawberries and cream?

If you have leftover strawberries and cream, it is best to store the cream and strawberries separately in containers in the fridge. Assemble them when you are ready to eat.

What cream is good for strawberries?

Heavy cream from the store or fresh cream from a local farm are the best cream options to pair with strawberries.

Variations

strawberries and cream parfait
If you prefer whipping the cream, making a strawberry and whipped cream parfait is a great option! If you want to go even further, you can make a berries and cream cookie cups with it!

This simple strawberry dessert is amazing as is but I sometimes change it up a bit for a change. You can also use a cream alternative like Kefir sweetened with sugar to make this healthier.

More strawberry recipes!

  • Italian Strawberries
  • Italian Strawberry Basil Mocktail
  • Strawberry Cheesecake
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5 from 7 votes

Strawberries and Cream Recipe

Strawberries and cream is a delicious and easy 4 ingredient dessert that really takes advantage of fresh strawberries when they are in season.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Total Time5 minutes mins
Servings: 4 bowls
Author: Melissa Oleary

Ingredients

  • 1 pint fresh strawberries
  • 1 pint fresh cream
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar optional
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional

Instructions

  • Clean and rinse your strawberries.
    1 pint fresh strawberries
  • Cut the tops off of the strawberries and then quarter them by cutting them in half lengthwise then cut the halves in half lengthwise.
  • Place the strawberries in a large bowl and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
  • In a large bowl, add the cream, vanilla and powdered sugar. If you prefer to omit the vanilla and sugar just skip to the next step/
    1 pint fresh cream, 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Mix well with a whisk.
  • Pour cream into a carafe or small pitcher.

To serve

  • Evenly distribute the quartered strawberries into 4 bowls.
  • Serve with sweetened cream on the side to pour over the top.

Notes

 
To make strawberries and whipped cream parfaits:
 
With a hand mixer, whip the cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla on medium speed until thickened (about 2-3 minutes).
 
Grab 4 small glasses and place two tablespoons of whipped cream in each glass followed by one large tablespoon of the strawberries. Repeat these steps until the strawberries and cream are all used up.
 
Top with one strawberry at the top if you like 🙂

Nutrition

Calories: 451kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 134mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 295mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1753IU | Vitamin C: 70mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition Values are estimates only.

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  1. RRTT says

    July 12, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    I just made something similar, for 2 of us, I halved a banana and sliced it in to long slivers, split that in the bottom of two bowls, then enough quartered strawberries to fill the bowls. The "cream" is a mixture of thick kefir sweetened with stevia and flavored with great vanilla. I have grown to far prefer that to cream.

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    • Melissa says

      July 12, 2022 at 10:17 pm

      I love this idea!

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