The Perfect Cinnamon Roll Icing

I made the recipe exactly as stated. It came out perfect. For me, it covered 12 rolls, not 24. I did use buttermilk in the icing only because I had a touch left that I had to use. This was just what I needed--thanks Cara! NOTE: This recipe does not say to sift the powdered/confectioners sugar. I really didn't mess with that but I did run a wisk through it to break down the bigger lumps in the sugar. It just makes for a smoother icing. For those like me who forget to let the cream cheese sit out before using, I let the cream cheese sit in a small bowl on my heating pad (the same one I used to help my rolls rise) on low/medium for 20 minutes or so to soften it up.

This is my recipe - just a note, it will cover 24 tiny rolls or 12 large (like the ones frome the mall). I guess that got left out of the description! Thanks for all who try this - it took a lot of trial and error before I came up with this one. My family loves it and I hope your's will too!

Wonderful cinnamon roll icing! It's easy to make and so good you could eat it all by itself. I used a 3 oz. pkg. of cream cheese and decreased the amount of butter a bit. Since I only had skim milk on hand I opted to my husband's half and half. Definitely make sure your butter and cream cheese are softened. I gradually put everything into my kitchen aid mixer and gave it a whirl. This came out so smooth and creamy -perfect for Sunday morning cinnamon rolls. These frost about 12 large rolls, but then again I LOVE icing! Thanks for a great recipe, Cara M.!

This one's a plate licker!!! It is absolutely delicious! I followed the recipe, except that I left out the milk and salt. It made the icing a little thicker, which we like. That allowed the icing to melt into the cinnamon rolls. I will never fix cinnamon rolls again without using this icing! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Cara!

I like icicing which is fluffy and less thin. This icinig is not creamy but almost the consistency of gloss. I would decrease the liquid next time and also use a little less butter.

i tried this recipe to go with some cinnamon rolls i was baking to bring to work. i made the icing while the rolls were rising, and i started to eat the icing by dipping raspberries. i love it! it's SO good! you will love it too! try it! it's super easy! light and creamy... mmm!!!

Perfectly delicious.

Perfect title for the "Perfect Cinnamon Roll Icing". My family loved it. I thought it was delicious! I didn't change a thing! And I still loved it! Perfect!

Super good!I've always used a recipe that used more cream cheese and figured I'd like it better that way. Tonight I didn't have enough cream cheese left for my regular recipe so I tried this one. I am pleasantly surprised and I now have a new regular recipe. Thanks so much!

very good recipe! I only added 5 tablespoons of butter and used 3 oz cream cheese since I just used the whole package. Perfect for cinnamon rolls!!!!!

My wife made this for some homemade cinnamon buns and it was the best icing I've ever had! I brought them into work and you'd have thought people were starving. She has a homemade roll recipe that uses potato flakes. Look for one online like that and top with this icing!

The name says it all! Personally, I prefer the ratio of 3 oz. cheese to 6 tbsp. butter but that's just because I like the cream cheese tang to be a little more pronounced. However, as written, it is still the perfect compliment to cinnamon rolls.

This was delicious! The perfect compliment to homemade cinnamon rolls. I made the recipe exactly as stated and everyone loved it!

Amazing....easy and tasty! We used to top some gluten free cinnamon rolls....yummy! In response to the person who complained about the consistency....this IS thinner than cake frosting, but absolutely perfect for cinnamon rolls.

The recipe calls for so much butter, it came out with a buttery flavor, and not too much of a cream cheese taste. I'd recommend reducing the butter by quite a bit, and upping the cream cheese AND sugar. Also, started by melting the ingredients on the stove, and it came out nicely, and thin enough to drizzle.

I made a coffee cake for a dessert auction and normally use a standard drizzle icing, but wanted something better. Found this recipe and will NEVER use anything else. Thus is OMG good. I do think for the coffee cake I will make it a little thinner next time. Thank you for submitting this recipe!

I used a little less milk and a touch more vanilla. Very good on the 90 minute cinnamon rolls!

I made a pumpkin cake today and just couldn't find what I was looking for to top it--this seemed just perfect...and it was! I used heavy whipping cream instead of milk to really fluff it up. I added a picture so you can take a look!

YUM! I loved this just as it was written :) but since I'm a cream cheese fanatic, I may add an extra ounce next time. Thanks for sharing!!

This is fantastic....didn't change a thing and it was perfect. Thanks

Perfect and simple! I was looking for a quick and easy (and delicious) icing recipe and this hit the nail on the head! Thank you!!

The perfect cinnamon roll icing ever! Yesterdat, I made cinnamon rolls from my KitchenAid mixer manuel and realized that this recipe had a cinnamon glaze and I wanted a cinnamon icing for my rolls. I checked on All Recipes and I found it!!

Perfect amount of cream cheese flavor, and perfect balance of creamy/gooey.

Amazing....gonna use it on a carrot cake next.

I made the "90 minute cinnamon rolls" recipe and made this icing for the first time today . It's FANTASTIC ! It's not too sweet , not overpowered with a cream cheese taste either .It's Perfectly balanced . I will use this for all of my sweet pastries that require a glaze or icing. Great recipe Cara !

This Icing is perfect!!! It covered 12 Large Homemade cinnamon rolls. YUMMMMMMM :)

Extremely easy, and yet so perfect. Really, to me, the perfect amount of cream cheese for flavor and consistency, but not too much to make you think you are using a cream cheese icing, which I don't really want on my roll.

I made some homemade cinnamon bread and wanted a spread that we could spread on it. So, I made this icing and served it on the side. I did make a couple small changes; instead of the milk I used pure maple syrup and I doubled the amount of vanilla extract. It was simply delicious.

I normally hate when people review it and then have a bunch of changes and then rate it since then its not the original recipe, but I made slight changes to this recipe to better fit my taste. The basic recipe is awesome by itself! Creamy and tastes great! My tweaks I made were just to add about one more tablespoon of butter and a little less vanilla. I also added just a little bit of lemon extract (about half of the cap full) and it made it even more delicious! I will definitely use this recipe again and again!

This icing was absolutely delicious and very, very simple to make. It was the perfect combination of flavors and not overly sweet like some recipes. Please make sure your butter and cream cheese are at room temperature. To have more control of the icing consistency, add the vanilla, then slowly add the milk until it gets to your desired level of thickness. Absolutely amazing recipes!!!

Like Heaven!!!

This is the perfect icing! I have used just confectioner's sugar and milk with a little butter and vanilla for years and it ALWAYS comes out too runny or too sweet. I stumbled upon this while looking for something to top my cinnamon rolls and this was absolutely perfect. I will never use another recipe again! Note: I didn't use salt and it was still awesome.

This is fluffy and rich and it tastes great! I will use it on cake and other desserts too! I changed it to 3 ounces of cream cheese instead of 2.

I thought this was a really good recipe, with exception of too much butter. It may have been because I use high grade Irish butter and not a grocery store brand. I made it twice, and the second time I put 1/2 the butter, and 3 ounces of cream cheese. It was still plenty sweet enough. For 1/2 of the recipe, I added orange extract instead of vanilla, and that was also exceptionally good.

I followed this recipe exact, & it tastes overwhelmingly too buttery. I did the taste test & it tasted like I'm eating fluffy butter. Adding more of the other ingredients did not help unfortunately. Definitely cut back on the butter A LOT by at least 4 tablespoons. I doubt one needs 7 tablespoons. I've had a better recipe but lost it & came to this one since thinking it would be just as great since I saw it was advertised as mostly "5 stars" with hundreds of reviews. Boy was I wrong. I'll continue to search for the long lost recipe that was better than this.I will say that the texture is lovely/perfect. The taste is horrendous unless you like eating fluffy butter by itself

I tried this recipe for the first time. I omitted the salt because my butter already had salt in it. It was heavenly divine. I recommend this icing for anyone looking to make cinnamon rolls taste like Rhodes cinnamon rolls or better.

Icing was absolutely delicious. I loved how the cream cheese wasn't too overpowering. They were the perfect blend of flavors. Thanks Cara, great recipe!

This is classic Cinnabon style frosting. It makes a bit more than you *really* need for 12 buns, so if you, like me, prefer a heavily frosted bun, there's no need to double the recipe. It also chills and freezes well if you like to make things ahead of time.

I had a bunch of company up and made home-made cinnamon rolls but didn't have a good recipe for the frosting. I had all the ingredience on hand and made this frosting and I think it complemented my rolls. Everyone loved them. It covered 16 rolls and I probably could have covered up to 20. There was more than enough. Thank you- great recipe!

This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much!

Perfect! Used this to glaze my Cinnamon biscuits (from this site). I used half a recipe and generously frosted 12 rolls. Thanks for the recipe:)

This is AMAZING! I followed the directions exactly, and it came out perfectly. Smooth and creamy. I'll never try another icing recipe again!

Very yummy! The only thing I didn't do was add the salt because I used salted butter and wasn't sure if that would be too much. It went perfectly with the cinnamon rolls!

This is a perfect glaze. I grabbed the sea salt because was handy and I love a bit of salt in my sweets, and it is glorious. Tiny pockets of sea salt flowing through the glaze. I'll be using sea salt in all my frostings from now on.

more the consistancy of frosting but still absolutly delicious on the cinnamon rolls i made. i'm definetly using this on all kinds of baked goods! GREAT!

Perfect - not too sugary.

Awesome! Only change was reducing butter to 6 Tbsp because that's all I had.

Very good! It was perfect with the cinnamon rolls I made!:-) thank you:-)

I would give this 1/2 if I could. The ratio of butter to cream cheese is backwards. This should be labeled butter cream frosting. IT IS LIKE SPREADING BUTTER ON YOUR ROLLS! I found a recipe that is 4 oz cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 tsp milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla, and 1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar. Super fantastic.

THANK YOU!!! This was absolutely delicious. Frosted 12 regular sized cinnamon rolls nicely. Had a couple T. leftover and dipped graham crackers into it. :)

So easy to make and taste perfect!

This icing is OUTSTANDING!! Very light and fluffy without the overpowering flavor of cream cheese. Excellent and a "must save" recipe! Thank you!!

This is a very good icing. The only change I made was to use only 1 cup sugar and 1/8 tsp salt.

Absolutely fantastic! Wonderful consistency and the perfect match for homemade cinnamon rolls.

Just a hint of cream cheese and not overly sweet. Doesn't overpower the goodness in my cinnamon rolls!! Perfect!

This is a really good recipe! Since I only had a small dish of rolls (about 9 medium sized ones) I cut the recipe in half and it worked great and I loved it because it was not so overly sweet, like you sometimes get at places and you have the feeling that your teeth will rot away while you eat it. I think at the next try I will decrease the amount of butter just by a little.

This is the absolute perfect combination to make perfect icing! I first thought to myself, really, how great can a frosting recipe be? 5 stars? I have made it a thousand times & can it really be better? Yes, it can! Use the exact measurements & you will get perfect frosting!

I found that to jazz this up I added about 1/2 tsp cinnamon to the icing and brushed plain biscuits with a little milk cinnamon and sugar mixture, to die for! Jessica Buswell

Amazing! Love the little less cream cheese taste. The recipe is definitely only enough for 12 rolls. Double the batch for 2 doz.

So simple and so delicious!!!

perfect!!

Yum! Perfect cinnamon rolls icing

This is SO YUMMY!!! I like cream cheese icing but the cream cheese part is usually so overpowering. This is the perfect combo. It was so light and fluffy my coworkers couldn't believe there wasn't any cool whip in it.

I made this icing to drizzle over cinnamon rolls that were topped with cream cheese frosting. Yum!

made it exactly as recipe reads and it was fantastic! nice and thick enough to hold shape a little bit

I substituted orange juice for the milk and added some orange zest for my sweet rolls and they were AWESOME!

Waste of ingredients, tasted like bitter and I even did 6 tbsp of butter and 3 oz cream cheese. Not bad but definitely not icing! It's a butter icing

Amazingly delicious!

Wow...perfection! Not too sweet, perfectly creamy...makes me happy, happy, happy! Thanks for sharing!!!

Hands down the BEST cream cheese icing I have ever made!

Made this as written. Hubby, who is not a fan of icing, says this is The Best ever and I can make it anytime!!

It's a little thin and too buttery for me.

Thank You for the wonderful recipe! I didn't have any cream cheese so was going to make just powered sugar frosting then ran across a package of Laughing Cow cinnamon cream cheese spread I had bought to try on my bagel. So used 2 of the wedges in place of the 2 oz. of cream cheese. All I can say is YUMMY!! Have now found my new cinnamon roll frosting. I had a hard time not just getting a spoon and eating just the frosting!

So good, I used it on pumpkin bread as more of a glaze. Very easy to adjust if you want to go thicker or thinner, I add more milk or less. Delicious!

Simple and delicious!!!!

I used heavy cream instead of milk. Added a bit more vanilla extract. I had accidentally bought crescent rolls and family requested cinnamon rolls. I baked the rolls, but instead of twisting them into crescents, I left them flat so we could use the cream cheese icing. The rolls were a HUGE hit with the family! Every single roll was eaten! We had plenty of icing left over. I’m figuring out now how to use it and not waste that deliciousness! Very easy to make. I would have added more powdered sugar if I felt the icing was too thin, but it wasn’t. It came out perfectly. Easy to spread on the roll. Will melt some on hot rolls, but so will commercial icing. I will definitely be making this again. Thanks you for providing this easy and delicious recipe.

This is as good as the blurb with the recipe claims! We love it with the Amazing Cinnamon Rolls from Allrecipes. The cream cheese is perfect, tasty but not overpowering. Thanks for sharing!

The perfect amount of cream cheese, not overpowering at all.

Properly named! Perfect icing first try, and I even made a half batch! Made it to go on top of GF Cinnamon Rolls from a mix. Great taste! My family wants to spread the leftovers on cookies and crackers. Thanks!

Started making this icing and thought it looked gross and ALMOST threw it away to go with a different recipe. So glad I stuck it through. This is by far the best icing I've ever tasted.

The absolute best!

They were Great!

This is good but not cream-cheesy enough. I tried it then after tasting and looking at other recopes, doubled the cream cheese to 4 ounces. This improved the taste and the consistency for me. Maybe that's just a preference thing though. Overall, it's good and I would use it again with that same adjustment.

This is delicious on cinnamon rolls, I followed other reviews and didn’t use as much butter. This makes a nice frosting on rolls. I was going for a drizzle so I thinned mine down. I think this would be good on cupcakes too! I am keeping this recipe!

I added 1 additional oz of Cream Cheese & followed the recipe. No problems with the ingredients or recipes and the tips for softening the butter & cream cheese worked perfectly.

Very easy to make and was delicious!

All I can say is OMG!!!

Great recipe! Extra yummy just as it is!

This recipe is fantastic! I thought it was a little thick, so, next time going to add some liquid, but still very VERY good

I only added 1/2 a cup of sugar and no salt. It was amazing!!!My whole family loved it and they all have got a sweet tooth.

This is a wonderful icing. Used a little less butter only because I had 1 less tablespoon and so a little less powdered sugar to keep proportions correct. It came out great and frosted some cinnamon bread I made earlier today. Will make again.

Delicious, sweet, creamy and perfect to go with...Anything really!

This is a very good icing. I decreased the butter by half and it still turned out great. I just thought that amount of butter was over kill.

SO good!! I paired this with the 90min cinnamon rolls recipe and MAN. Deadly deliciousness.

I make this with GOOFYDEBBIE's "Ninety Minute Cinnamon Rolls." I've made this as is many times, but recently I used fat free milk and reduced fat cream (neufchatel) cheese and had no problems. I also use 50% more cream cheese to balance out the sweetness.

Made my Christmas morning cinnamon rolls AWESOME!!!

Your recipe was JUST PERFECT CARA! My wife made a new cake called Cinnamon Roll Swirl Cake. We were both tired of the usual glaze with the too sweet & tasteless powdered sugar. This is Easter & this recipe made the day. Did not change one thing! Again Thanks Cara.

While I didn't have cinnamon rolls to throw this icing on, I did put it on a nice big pan of pumpkin bread! It was perfect. The cream cheese didn't overpower the icing or the bread. I will definitely use this again - wouldn't change a thing!

This recipe is awesome, no other way to describe it. It is delicious, one of my family’s favourites, definitely a 5 star recipe.