Making cream sodas at home is super easy and super delicious. All you need is flavored syrup, cream and sparkling water! I’ve included three syrup recipes, but you can use a premade syrup if you prefer.
By Erica Kastner of Buttered Side Up.
Preparation:
Cook:
Level: Easy
Ingredients
- FOR THE CREAM SODA:
- 1 ounce, liquid Choice of Flavored Syrup
- 1 ounce, liquid Heavy cream
- 5 ounces, liquid Chilled carbonated water
- FOR THE VANILLA SYRUP:
- 2 cups Water
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 tablespoons Vanilla extract
- FOR THE RASPBERRY SYRUP:
- 2 cups Raspberries
- 1 cup Water
- ¾ cups Sugar
- FOR THE ORANGE SYRUP
- ½ cups Orange juice
- 1-½ cup Water
- 1-½ cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Orange extract
Preparation
To make a cream soda:
Combine syrup, cream, and sparkling water in an 8-ounce glass. Taste and add more syrup, cream or sparkling water if needed.
For the vanilla syrup:
Place water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
For the raspberry syrup (recipe adapted from Live Simply):
Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh sieve. Keep refrigerated.
For the orange syrup:
Combine orange juice, water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the orange extract. Keep refrigerated. Shake before use.
