cream cheese frosting - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/cream-cheese-frosting/ Baking and dessert recipes for cupcakes, cakes, muffins, pies, and everything in between - from perfected classics to new and adventurous indulgences Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cupcake-Project-Favicon.png cream cheese frosting - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/cream-cheese-frosting/ 32 32 Perfect Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting https://www.cupcakeproject.com/strawberry-cream-cheese-frosting-recipe/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/strawberry-cream-cheese-frosting-recipe/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:39:00 +0000 http://gw.finelimedesigns.com/2008/06/strawberry-cream-cheese-frosting-recipe-3/ If you love strawberries, you’ll love this strawberry cream cheese frosting! It has a thick, creamy texture and it’s perfect for piping on cakes and cupcakes.

While I love using strawberries in buttercream and whipped cream, the tang of the cream cheese pairs so well with them here.

A group of cupcakes on white topped with strawberry cream cheese frosting topped with a fresh strawberry

Friends request this frosting on both my chocolate cupcakes and vanilla cupcakes, but I think it’s amazing on my strawberry cupcakes. The double dose of berry flavor is always a winner!

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Banana Cupcakes

This is a perfect recipe to make if you have some overripe bananas sitting around in your house.

Ingredients

Bananas
This banana isn’t ripe enough.

This recipe uses all basic pantry ingredients that you may already have in your house.

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Hummingbird cupcakes are more dense then a typical cupcake and they work really well as brunch item like my banana oatmeal chocolate chip muffins.

A group of hummingbird cupcakes

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This post discusses all of the different types of frostings for cupcakes and cakes and gives you a number of frosting ideas for topping your own baked treats.

Cream Cheese Frosting in a piping bag near some cupcakes

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cinnamon cream cheese frosting on cupcakes

Ingredients

This recipe requires baking staples: cream cheese, butter, ground cinnamon, and powdered sugar.

Make sure that your cream cheese is a block and not whipped. Also, be sure to use full-fat cream cheese as it will work so much better.

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Cream cheese frosting on top of a cupcake

In fact, I almost always prefer it to traditional buttercream because of the complexity and tang that it gets from the cream cheese.

Ingredients

The key ingredients in cream cheese frosting are full-fat cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.

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This Oreo icing is made with cream cheese so it is super creamy and totally delicious.

Oreo cookies and cream frosting being piped onto a cupcake

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With only five ingredients, it’s also super easy to make!

Chocolate cream cheese frosting being piped onto a chocolate cupcake

Ingredients

Overhead view of ingredients in chocoalte cream cheese frosting - cocoa powder, butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and kosher salt

Chocolate cream cheese frosting has just five ingredients: cream cheese, butter, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and kosher salt.

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