My quick cream cheese frosting: smooth, thick, + non-runny

RECIPE:
*Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting*

*Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting*
- 3 tablespoons (18g) unsweetened cocoa powder (any kind)
- 2 tablespoons (31g) water
- 1 cup (226g) full-fat cream cheese, cold (I use Philadelphia)
- 10 tablespoons (140g) unsalted butter, cold from the fridge
- 3 1/8 cups (375g) powdered (confectioner's) sugar, unsifted

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[roselanimedrano]

The BEST baking content. So simplified yet very informative. Thank you for sharing your talents 🎉

[fn]

I'm going to combine this frosting recipe with your carrot cake recipe to make carrot cake cupcakes! Thank you for all the amazing recipes

[anidanielle]

Chocolate cream cheese frosting sounds life changing. I love learning about the science of baking so thanks for the tips! Can't wait to use this recipe for my son's birthday.

[jontemplin]

This recipe tastes great, and the technique is so clever! From the fridge to an outdoor church buffet, cupcakes with this frosting kept their shape and tasted great for an hour in Florida 82-degree weather. They might have lasted longer but all the cupcakes were gone inside that hour. I'll always make cream cheese frosting this way for now on.

[kilroyscarnivalfl]

A tip I saw long ago to emulate cream cheese taste in a dairy free frosting is to use white balsamic glaze. I happened to have some for on veggies, and tried it in regular Amer buttercream, and it does taste like cream cheese!

[rumbleinthekitchen_Amy]

This looks like a great technique! Cream cheese frosting is usually super frustrating to the point where I go out of my way to use something else. Excited to try this.

[mitsu_biteki]

I really appreciate that you use some Ochem to explain some concepts in your videos! This really gives me a foundation to make my own frostings and desserts!

[ClearlyPixelated]

I love your content girl! From one science nerd to another, you're doing a great job!

[Fae_van]

I'm baking a (i think) 2 layered cake today for my 21st birthday(strawberry and red velvet). I'm using a box mix for my cakes, but I'm going to use your frosting recipe. First time I'm doing this, I'm so excited.😝.
EDIT: it turned out so good. But Make sure you use "new" butter straight from the grocery store so that your frosting has a pure taste because mine tasted a little bit like the fridge. other than that this frosting recipe is nice and thick, sweet, but not too sweet, and has a distinct cream cheese flavor. lastly, do NOT *Freeze* your cream cheese like i did. You only want it cold. Keep in mind the flavour of your cake as well, it paired better with the strawberry than the red velvet in my case. 9/10 recipe, very beginner friendly. (Double the recipe. Chances are you'll need more than the quantity provided in this video)

[annemarie]

Love how you reused the butter wrapper! Genius!

[tselengbotlhole]

I tried this. It is too sweet!!!! For those of us who don't want it too sweet, we have to make adjustments

[gsd]

OH, THANK YOU!!! I have made this frosting and got lucky with the texture, but THIS time I did the same thing for a special occasion cake, and, of course, it wasn't stiff enough, and my rosettes didn't look great. I certainly overmixed it and got runnier results when piping. I was like... WTF! Now, I understand WHY!!! Thank you for clarifying how to keep it from getting runny - I will change the order of the mixing and not overmix, either ❤

[kimpreston]

I just recently found your channel and love how wonderfully you give instructions.
My dad was a pastry chef and before he passed he used to make French Petit four cakes.
I have tried to find instructions.
Have you (or would you) ever consider teaching it ? 🤞🏻

[Encysted]

Your explanations and visuals are always so well-paired!

[barrydaugherty]

Outstanding! Love that you bring a science mindset into this and then test everything you share. Great job once again! Will definitely have to try this one.

[ivywells]

I'm excited to try this. I recently made a fairly complicated cc frosting recipe that promised to be smooth and stable and it was... But it did not taste like cream cheese. Super disappointing. This looks great and much, much easier!

[christinecochran]

Using your formula and making some tweaks I was able to make browned butter cream cheese frosting. It tastes like caramel 😅😂 yummy. Thank you for sharing!!

[jemtebelle]

I just made this recipe for carrot cupcakes! It was amazing and beautiful! Thank you!

[rachelboothe]

This is brilliant! I am going to try this.

[isabellacullen]

Chocolate cream cheese frosting sounds interesting and cool. I always tried vanilla cream cheese frosting on cinnamon rolls with powdered sugar but never chocolate cream cheese frosting. I’m going have to try this recipe. Thanks for showing and sharing this video. 🎂🫶