I’ve been making my share of red velvet cakes over the past few months and wanted a cream cheese frosting that was a tad bit lighter than my previous cream cheese frosting recipe.
This light cream cheese frosting is exactly like the name says, light. It’s not as fluffy and delicate as a whipped cream cheese frosting but it’s also not as heavy as a regular cream cheese frosting. Its a happy little mixture of both!
I love this frosting on cakes because it has such a balanced amount of sweetness and the texture is creamy and soft, yet firm enough to handle the weight of layered cakes.
I use this light cream cheese frosting to frost my red velvet cakes and carrot cakes this year and folks really liked it.
Looking for a cream cheese frosting that’s a lil more heavier? Check out my fluffy cream cheese frosting!
Light Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick real butter softened
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese, butter and heavy whipping cream until fluffy and combined.
- Add vanilla.
- Mix in powdered sugar a little at a time.
- Mix on high speed until creamy and light.
- Add more cream or powdered sugar to adjust the thickness if needed.
Notes
Kick it up! Add extracts such and orange, peppermint or coconut to enhance the flavors to go with certain cakes. I love adding in a dash of coconut or mint extract for chocolate cakes.
You may need more or less powdered sugar or heavy whipping cream.
I love the taste and how light it is. However, I find this icing terrible to work with. It slides off the cake, if you are trying to make a smooth finish or border with it. I have to thicken it a bit too much with confectioners sugar to get the texture I need, which reduces the light texture. I read a similar recipe which calls for whipping the cream until it peaks and folding it into the other ingredients. I will try this tonight and let you know how it works. 😉
Hi I love cream cheese frosting but do not like sweet frostings and I’m hoping this does the trick. I have never frosted cupcakes and am using the plastic bags to frost. Will these hold up for frosting funfetti cupcakes? Thanks much!
Hello Divacancook, I love all of your recipes. I’m wondering if you have a white velvet cake recipe? If not, please give me some ingredients if you have any. Thank you!
i love this resipe
This frosting turned out wonderful. Just sweet enough. Followed directions to the exact. Used with the carrot cake recipe that is on this site. Delicious!
Can you please tell me the weight of 8 oz cream cheese ??
oooh lawd, stop putting cream cheese frosting on red velvet cake. it doesn’t belong. try ermine frosting, that’s what belongs, it’s amazing. i’m going to try this for something else i’m making though
Hello, I want to make this frosting as it looks delicious but could someone tell me what is the weight of the stick of butter and what does (2) 8 oz mean. Is it 8×2 or 2 8 oz cream cheese. Tnx
This was a great recipe. BUT I used a lot of suger and I did it all at once. BUT it turned out sweet, light and DELICIOUS….!!!. GREAT RECIPE I also tried to do some fancy styles 🙂 🙂 GREAT JOB.
May I ask what 1 stick means in the 1 stick of butter ?
1 Stick Of Butter = 1/2 Cup.
half a cup
is whipping cream required?
Hi, I’m in the uk and want to try your recipe but was wondering what weight is a stick of butter? Also does the recipe need 2x8oz of cream cheese? Thanks
Kristy- the weigh of a stick of butter is 8 Tablespoons which are 113g in Europe.
Love this frosting! I made it today along with your red velvet cake. I agree that sometimes cream cheese frosting is a little heavy but this isn’t, it’s perfect for cream cheese frosting!
thanks for the feedback!(: Im really looking foward on baking this cake for a relative but i don’t know which frosting will work and taste best!<3
This frosting turned out great! Light, fluffy, and I only needed to use two cups of powdered sugar for the right amount of sweetness for my taste!