Learn all the best tips and tricks to make deliciously tangy cream cheese frosting that is thick, fluffy, and stable enough for piping! Small glass bowl containing cream cheese frosting piped in cream cheese buttercream frosting swirl with a star tip.
Cream Cheese Frosting: this recipe makes the fluffiest cream cheese icing, so thick, pipeable, and stiff. Great for cupcakes, cakes, or cinnamon rolls! I’m back today with an information-packed post for a recipe that can be notoriously tricky: cream cheese frosting! I have quite a few great frosting and filling recipes on this site.
Some of my favorites include this chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream, this classic pastry cream, and this bright and citrus-y lemon curd. But there are times when NOTHING but cream cheese frosting will do. Cream cheese frosting is the perfect accompaniment for red velvet cupcakes, hummingbird cake, and anything with cinnamon! Many times, it can come out runny or soupy, and that can be disastrous! It can slide right off the sides of your cake, or even worse, cause the layers to slip apart from one another and topple right over! But now I really get it, and I’m here today to share everything experience has taught me.
