This delicious clotted cream recipe is a perfect topping on any kind of delectable dessert — from cakes down pie recipes. Clotted cream or Devonshire cream is a thick cream that is heated slowly and then cooled to allow the cream to separate from the curds. More often, clotted cream is made from unpasteurized cow’s milk. High-fat milk creates a creamy texture. That’s the reason why heavy cream and other high-fat content milk is being used here.