In a large bowl or stand mixer add the whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla. Whip with a whisk or electric beaters or stand mixer until soft peaks form in your whipped cream. Give it a few more whisks just to make sure it's at the stiff, yet still pourable consistency of properly whipped cream. Do not over-mix or you'll end up with sweet butter, which is not what we're going for here.

If using fresh fruit, simply chop it up into bite-sized pieces, or if using smaller berries you probably don't need to do anything to them.

If using frozen fruit, either thaw at room temperature until the fruit no longer has ice crystals clinging to the outside, but still holds it's form. Or you can microwave the fruit for a short time, maybe a minute or so, to defrost faster.

Pile about 1/2 cup of fruit into each bowl or glass. Add about 1/4 cup of whipped cream into each glass and either leave in as is or mix it together as I did in the photographs above. ENJOY!