Cream Cheese Recipes

Cream cheese can be used for pasta recipes and other savoury dishes, but you can’t overlook its uses in sweet recipes as well. Whether you’ve got a freshly cooked Victoria sponge cake, red velvet cake or perhaps a lemon drizzle, you may be wondering how to make cream cheese frosting to finish off your masterpiece. Follow this cream cheese frosting recipe, and you can’t go wrong!

To make cream cheese frosting, you will need:

• 225g cream cheese, softened
• 115g unsalted butter, softened
• 480g icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

How to make cream cheese frosting

1. Bring cream cheese and butter to room temperature (this will prevent lumps and ensure a smooth, creamy texture for your frosting). Meanwhile, you can sift the powdered sugar.
2. Beat the softened cream cheese and butter until a smooth and creamy mixture is formed.
3. Gradually add the icing sugar. Using a food mixer, mix on low, then beat on medium-high until your cream cheese frosting mixture is light and fluffy.
4. Add the vanilla extract and combine.
5. Finally, beat on high speed for a minute until light and fluffy.

Cream cheese is a versatile and valuable ingredient to have in your fridge. Unlike many other cheeses, cream cheese can be used for sweet and savoury recipes, unlike cottage cheese, which is mostly used in foods like salads, lasagnas and stuffed peppers. Cream cheese, on the other hand, is more frequently used to make cheesecakes, icing for bakes, sauces for pasta or a creamy spread for bagels. To give you some creamy inspiration, here are just some of the many recipes using cream cheese you can make!

• Sweet treats - Classic cheesecake, cream cheese frosting, cream cheese brownies, cream cheese Danishes and cream cheese pancakes
• Savoury dishes - Cream cheese stuffed chicken and cream cheese pasta sauce
• Snacks and appetisers - Creamy spinach dip, bagels or baguettes with cream cheese and stuffed jalapeños.