Easy Mock Devonshire Cream(clotted cream substitute)

Name: Mock Clotted Cream
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 4 ounces cream cheese (, room temperature); 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoons sour cream; 1 cup heavy cream

Mock Devonshire cream (clotted cream substitute) is simple to make in about 5 minutes and will give your scones a delicious upgrade! It's delicious with strawberry shortcake, pound cake, and croissants, too.

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First published August 7, 2013. Last updated April 24, 2025 for editorial improvements.

A bowl filled with mock clotted cream and a strawberry on top.

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🧾 Ingredients for mock Devonshire cream
🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
📖 Recipe
🐄 What is Devonshire cream?
Marye's Tips
👩‍🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
🍽️ Perfect pairings: what to serve with
🍽️ No waste: creative ways to repurpose clotted cream substitute
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
💬 Comments

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Reader Review
Wonderful recipe, wonderful texture!! If we hadn’t tried “authentic” clotted cream we wouldn’t know the difference - perfect for an American take on English afternoon tea 🙂

Hollyn

Look, unless you live in a charming English village with a tea shop on every corner (jealous), real clotted cream is basically unicorn-level rare in the U.S. But don’t fret—this easy mock Devonshire cream whips up in five minutes with common ingredients and serious Downton Abbey vibes. It’s rich, tangy, and just fancy enough to make brunch feel like a garden party, whether you’re spooning it onto scones, toast, pound cake, or straight into your mouth. Is it the real thing? Nope. But once it’s mingling with jam, lemon curd, or fresh berries, you absolutely won’t care.

🧾 Ingredients for mock Devonshire cream

Some people prefer mascarpone cheese over cream cheese. I think the cream cheese gives a lighter, more authentic flavor, personally, but give it a try and see which you prefer.

🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success

Add all ingredients except heavy cream to a bowl.

Whip until completely smooth.

Add heavy cream .

Whip until soft peaks form.

📖 Recipe

Mock Clotted Cream

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Course Brunch

Cuisine European,Great Britain/Ireland

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: (2 tablespoons) servings

Calories:81

Author:Marye Audet-White

Ingredients

▢ 4 ounces cream cheese, , room temperature
▢ 1 tablespoon sugar
▢ 2 tablespoons sour cream
▢ 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Add the sugar, sour cream, and cream cheese to the bowl of an electric mixer.
Cream the sugar, sour cream, and cream cheese together until smooth and blended.
Pour in the heavy cream and whip until thick, soft peaks form.
Do not over beat.
Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.

Notes

Storage:

Store mock clotted cream tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. It doesn't freeze well so I'd suggest using it up.

Tips:

Make sure everything is at room temperature except the heavy cream, which should be cold. It mixes much more smoothly this way.

You'll find more helpful tips and variations in the body of the post.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.

🤫 Marye's secret for zhuzhing it up -

Top with a few candied violets or candied rose petals to make it pretty when serving at a special tea.

zhuzh: verb. To make something more interesting or attractive

Mock clotted cream in a jar with scones in the background.

🐄 What is Devonshire cream?

Devonshire cream is technically clotted cream that's made in Devonshire with cream from real Devon cream that comes from real Devon cows.

It has a particularly high butterfat content as I understand it.

Clotted cream is created by the same process but without the Devon cows.

Since I have a distinct lack of cows, Devon or otherwise, my homemade version is made from items I can get easily at the local grocery stores. For our purposes I am using the terms interchangeably for my clotted cream substitute.

Marye's Tips

Always use full fat ingredients.
Make sure the cream cheese mixture is completely smooth before you add the heavy cream.
Mock clotted cream will pick up refrigerator odors and flavors easily. Be sure to seal it in an air-tight container. I prefer glass.

👩‍🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs

Have other questions? Ask me in the comments!

Are clotted cream and Devonshire cream the same?

Sort of. Devonshire cream is clotted cream that's made in Devonshire. It has a touch higher fat content that clotted cream made in other parts of the country.

What do you do with Devonshire cream?

Spoon it on scones, biscuits, or croissants. It's delicious on pound cake and strawberry shortcake, too. I like it instead of whipped cream on super sweet desserts because it gives a nice tangy balance.

Mock clotted cream on a scone with strawberry jam on top.

🍽️ Perfect pairings: what to serve with

Pumpkin scones are tender with lots of pumpkin spice flavor. The clotted cream is a delicious addition.

Cranberry orange scones on a cooling rack.

Cranberry orange scones are tangy and sweet with a buttery crumb.

Closeup of blueberry scones on a rack for feature image.

Buttery lemon blueberry scones with a tangy citrus glaze are sure to wake up your taste buds! My foolproof technique guarantees perfect results every time!

No scones? This clotted cream substitute is fabulous on English Muffins, blueberry muffins, or a clean spoon.

🍽️ No waste: creative ways to repurpose clotted cream substitute

Use some heavy cream to thin it slightly and use it as a dip for fresh fruit.
Spoon on top of peach or apple crisp instead of whipped cream.
Add a dollop to waffles or pancakes.

I read constantly when I was growing up. In fact, I read to the point that the characters and events in books became more significant to me than my actual real life.

I am probably one of the few people that can honestly say that my character and ethics were shaped by Jo March, Badger, Aslan, Mr. Tumnus, Anne Shirley, and Gandalf more than they were the real people in my life.

I just spent more time with books.

I honestly can't remember who introduced me to the concept of afternoon tea with scones, and Devonshire cream but I am pretty sure it was Mr. Tumnus. I am not sure how he got it there in Narnia but apparently he did — or maybe I just imagine that he did.

It has been a very long time since I last visited.

The next time you are in the mood for a day of reading make some scones, lemon curd, and this mock clotted cream. Mr. Tumnus would approve.

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Mock Devonshire Cream

🧾 Ingredients for mock Devonshire cream

🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success

📖 Recipe