Homemade cream soda

Name: Homemade cream soda
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 200g caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod; Soda water, as needed

Tom Shingler
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Published: 5 Dec 24
Updated: 26 May 25

Cream soda often gets lumped in with the flavoured fizzy drinks of yesteryear (joining the likes of dandelion and burdock). We think it’s time to give it the spotlight! Flavoured with vanilla, this homemade version is a real treat, offering an intense vanilla flavour which brings a ‘creaminess’ to soda water.

Serves 1

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Ingredients

200g caster sugar
1 vanilla pod
Soda water, as needed

Method

Put the sugar and 200ml water in a saucepan. Split open the vanilla pod, scrape the seeds into the pan, then add the pod too. Put over a medium heat and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook for 10 minutes.
Leave the syrup to cool, then decant into a container (leave the pod in, as it will continue to flavour the syrup). Keep in the fridge until needed (see Make Ahead).
To make the cream soda, add 50ml of the syrup to a tall glass filled with ice. Pour in the soda water. Give it a brief stir and enjoy.

Recipe from Online only 2024 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 150kcals
Fat: 0g
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 38g (38g sugars)
Fibre: 0g
Salt: 0g

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