personally, I prefer a little flavor a tad bit of sweetness...

And this just hit the spot...

The trick I found firming up whip cream with out anything added is takeing a smallish metal mixing bowl put it into the freezer for like 10-15 minutes.

Then take it out and put a cup of heavy cream in the bowl and spin on level 3 (out of 5) with the hand mixer in the same spot.

I have done it without freezing the bowl with varying results.