If you love Cream Cheese Frosting, give this one a try! Cream Cheese Frosting for cinnamon rolls or cupcakes. Simple, delicious and a favorite of ours!

 

 

“Best. Ever. This will be my go-to recipe from here on out.” – Rachel R. 

 

One of my greatest weaknesses and biggest pet peeves is junk frosting on cinnamon rolls.

I know that that many people prefer a a runny powdered sugar concoction they call “icing” for cinnamon rolls, but not me.

When it comes to cinnamon rolls I want a really good FLAVORFUL cream cheese frosting.

Over the years I have tried a LOT of “Cream Cheese Frosting” Recipes.

Sadly they all tasted more like sugar than cream cheese and I always felt the amount of cream cheese called for was far too little.

 

 

It’s moments like this that lead me to begin a recipe creation.

Now Cream Cheese Frosting is simple.

It’s a matter of 4 ingredients.

Cream Cheese.

Butter.

Powdered Sugar.

Vanilla.

Now you can always add in an extra one to thin it out if it’s too thick and I prefer heavy whipping cream personally.

With a recipe with so few ingredients it wasn’t hard to test out various amounts of ingredients in order to get the perfect flavor.

 

 

And for me it was simply MORE CREAM CHEESE.

I add in an entire package of cream cheese – all 8 ounces.

I always hated in other recipes where it only calls for a few ounces of cream cheese and I’m stuck with half a package sitting in my fridge collecting dust.

Adding in all 8 ounces was a win-win in my opinion.

So once I perfected my recipe for Cream Cheese Frosting for Cinnamon Rolls – which is TO DIE FOR, then it was time to figure out a cupcake cream cheese frosting.

 

 

Back to the drawing table.  I tried multiple recipes again and various manipulations and eventually came right back to my favorite.

I learned that cream cheese frosting in general, created by anyone…just isn’t very shelf stable unless you add in a TON of crisco.

YUCK!

Who wants Crisco cream cheese frosting.

I mean besides the grocery store bakery.

Yes it does make it much more stable but it also makes it taste disgusting.

 

 

Hardly the Cream Cheese Frosting flavor I am looking for!

And so I fell back on my old favorite – my cinnamon roll cream cheese frosting.

And instead of adding the milk, I left it a bit thicker and BAM, it was perfect.

It does pipe and it does taste great but it is a little more finicky than other frostings.

One trick that works well for me is that after I make the frosting (when I’m doing it for cupcakes) I put my frosting in the fridge for 30 minutes before piping it onto my cupcakes.

 

 

This helps it so it’s more firm and easier to pipe.

Overall this is THE BEST FROSTING EVER.

I’ve had countless comments left on social media and this website raving about it and I’m so glad everyone else agrees that this is SO DANG TASTY!

If you love Cream Cheese Frosting as much as I do, then give this one a try!

It really is perfect for cinnamon rolls, banana bars, cupcakes, sheet cakes and so much more!

 

 

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