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Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Cream cheese frosting adds the perfect touch to your sweet treat any time of year. Here are our best and easy cream cheese frosting recipes—from chocolate to bourbon!

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Basic Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe and Video - This recipe delivers a basic cream cheese frosting using just butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla.

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Basic Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe delivers a basic cream cheese frosting using just butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla.

By JJ

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Great on Lemon Drops.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Great on Lemon Drops.

By Amanda Howell

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Chef John's Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe and Video - Nothing could be simpler than mixing a few ingredients together with an electric mixer to make a creamy frosting for red velvet cupcakes and other baked treats.

Chef John's Cream Cheese Frosting

Nothing could be simpler than mixing a few ingredients together with an electric mixer to make a creamy frosting for red velvet cupcakes and other baked treats.

By Chef John

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Strawberry (Jam!) Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Strawberry cream cheese frosting is quick and easy to prepare and is a nice pink addition to cakes and cookies.

Strawberry (Jam!) Cream Cheese Frosting

Strawberry cream cheese frosting is quick and easy to prepare and is a nice pink addition to cakes and cookies.

By Frugal Dusky

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - A chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

A chocolate cream cheese frosting.

By RICHARDWROSS

Cream Cheese Frosting with Brown Butter and Bourbon Recipe - Browning the butter gives it a deep, nutty flavor which comes through in the frosting. It's perfect for banana, carrot, and spice cakes.

Cream Cheese Frosting with Brown Butter and Bourbon

Browning the butter gives it a deep, nutty flavor which comes through in the frosting. It's perfect for banana, carrot, and spice cakes.

By metread

Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Great frosting that has cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and whipped topping.

Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting

Great frosting that has cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and whipped topping.

By CUMMINGS

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Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - This traditional, delicious cream cheese frosting has a maple syrup twist. This yielded enough for me to fill and lightly frost a 12 inch square cake.

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

This traditional, delicious cream cheese frosting has a maple syrup twist. This yielded enough for me to fill and lightly frost a 12 inch square cake.

By Caitlin

Cream Cheese Frosting II Recipe and Video - This cream cheese frosting is perfecting for icing pumpkin bread, carrot cake, chocolate cake, and cookies. Plus it uses only four ingredients!

Cream Cheese Frosting II

This cream cheese frosting is perfecting for icing pumpkin bread, carrot cake, chocolate cake, and cookies. Plus it uses only four ingredients!

By Jan

Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe and Video - A delicate cream cheese frosting that has whipped cream folded into it.

Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting

A delicate cream cheese frosting that has whipped cream folded into it.

By Tom Parker

Awesome Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe and Video - This straightforward recipe delivers moist, dense, and delicious carrot cake with pineapple under a cream cheese frosting.

Awesome Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This straightforward recipe delivers moist, dense, and delicious carrot cake with pineapple under a cream cheese frosting.

By Tracy Kirk

Sturdy Whipped Cream Frosting Recipe and Video - This is a YUMMY whipped cream frosting that is very stable and does not melt at room temperature unlike many standard whipped cream frostings. It also makes a GREAT dip for fresh fruit -- not too sweet, just right! This recipe is GREAT for a stand mixer but will work with any good mixer.

Sturdy Whipped Cream Frosting

This is a YUMMY whipped cream frosting that is very stable and does not melt at room temperature unlike many standard whipped cream frostings. It also makes a GREAT dip for fresh fruit -- not too sweet, just right! This recipe is GREAT for a stand mixer but will work with any good mixer.

By Jo-Lynn

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake.

By Carol

Fluffy Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - These delicious carrots muffins are lightly spiced and bake off fluffy every time. Top with a luscious cream cheese frosting and these are as much dessert as breakfast!

Fluffy Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

These delicious carrots muffins are lightly spiced and bake off fluffy every time. Top with a luscious cream cheese frosting and these are as much dessert as breakfast!

By anonymous

Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - This is an alternative to the classic recipe that calls for powdered sugar. My husband and I use it to frost fruit cocktail cake. Try it on applesauce cake, spice cake, banana cake, or carrot cake, too.

Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

This is an alternative to the classic recipe that calls for powdered sugar. My husband and I use it to frost fruit cocktail cake. Try it on applesauce cake, spice cake, banana cake, or carrot cake, too.

By Anne Brothers & Rick Smetzer

Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Sweetened, shredded coconut adds flavor and texture to a luscious butter and cream cheese frosting that's easy to make and ever so good. Use toasted coconut as a garnish to create an extra elegant cake.

Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting

Sweetened, shredded coconut adds flavor and texture to a luscious butter and cream cheese frosting that's easy to make and ever so good. Use toasted coconut as a garnish to create an extra elegant cake.

By Lilster

Allspice Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Cream cheese frosting with a little extra something. This is a good frosting for spice cakes that contain allspice.

Allspice Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream cheese frosting with a little extra something. This is a good frosting for spice cakes that contain allspice.

By v monte

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Moist and spicy little cakes made with molasses and cocoa powder, balanced by a tangy cream cheese frosting.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Moist and spicy little cakes made with molasses and cocoa powder, balanced by a tangy cream cheese frosting.

By Kevin Ryan

Cream Cheese Frosting I Recipe - A delicious and tangy cream cheese frosting suitable for banana bread, pumpkin bars, carrot cake, or cookies.

Cream Cheese Frosting I

A delicious and tangy cream cheese frosting suitable for banana bread, pumpkin bars, carrot cake, or cookies.

By A. Schreier

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Easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - How do you improve on cream cheese frosting? By making it a chocolate and cream cheese frosting, as this easy recipe does.

Easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

How do you improve on cream cheese frosting? By making it a chocolate and cream cheese frosting, as this easy recipe does.

By D. Stafford

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Cake mix is combined with pumpkin and spices, then topped with cream cheese frosting.

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Cake mix is combined with pumpkin and spices, then topped with cream cheese frosting.

By JPAULEYBUCKNER

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Pumpkin bars topped with a rich cream cheese frosting are a perfect ending to your holiday meal.

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin bars topped with a rich cream cheese frosting are a perfect ending to your holiday meal.

By WeibellMommy

Cream Cheese Frosting I Recipe - This frosting is good for many types of cakes including carrot cakes, apple cakes, and spice cakes. Add flavorings to compliment the cake you are frosting. Try 1 1/2 teaspoons of grated lemon or orange rind, 1 teaspoon any extract, 1 teaspoon of liqueur, or a mashed banana.

Cream Cheese Frosting I

This frosting is good for many types of cakes including carrot cakes, apple cakes, and spice cakes. Add flavorings to compliment the cake you are frosting. Try 1 1/2 teaspoons of grated lemon or orange rind, 1 teaspoon any extract, 1 teaspoon of liqueur, or a mashed banana.

By Anne Brothers & Rick Smetzer

Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - First made for a chili cookoff, these dark chocolate cupcakes have the zing and deep, rich flavor of dried ancho chile and cayenne pepper. They are frosted with a chili-flavored cream cheese frosting, and each cupcake is decorated with a cute dried chili on top.

Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

First made for a chili cookoff, these dark chocolate cupcakes have the zing and deep, rich flavor of dried ancho chile and cayenne pepper. They are frosted with a chili-flavored cream cheese frosting, and each cupcake is decorated with a cute dried chili on top.

By Candice

Margarita Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - A yummy cake with a margarita flavor and cream cheese frosting, this is fun for Cinco de Mayo or just a party.

Margarita Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

A yummy cake with a margarita flavor and cream cheese frosting, this is fun for Cinco de Mayo or just a party.

By Tori Belle