Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting
Fluffy Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting is perfect for any cake, cupcakes, or for frosting cinnamon rolls! Use leftovers on graham crackers.
Hands down, my favorite frosting is cream cheese. It is creamy and tangy enough to cut the richness and sweetness of all kinds of cakes. So you can say this Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting is now our go-to frosting.
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Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting
In my opinion, it goes well with nearly any flavor. And the leftovers? Frost on a graham cracker (oh, sweet nostalgia of being a kid).With the addition of mascarpone cheese, the frosting becomes a bit milder, making it great for cakes that are higher in acid and tanginess (like banana sour cream, or citrus cakes). But obviously it will go well with any cake, cupcakes, or even cinnamon rolls!
What’s the secret ingredient? A tiny pinch of kosher salt!
All you need are these ingredients:
- Cream cheese
- Mascarpone cheese
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Kosher salt
How to make fluffty cream cheese frosting
In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, mascarpone, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat on high until smooth and fluffy. Refrigerate until ready to use; I recommend letting it sit about 15 minutes to soften before frosting your cake.
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So add this frosting to my cinnamon rolls, this banana cake, or even this chunky apple bundt cake.
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Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 8 oz mascarpone cheese, softened
- 1 ¾ c powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, mascarpone, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat on high until smooth and fluffy. Refrigerate until ready to use; I recommend letting it sit about 15 minutes to soften before frosting your cake.
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Love this type of frosting but found that this is not enough for a 2-layer 9in cake. I need 1.5 of the recipe for that. Also reduced the sugar to 1/4 cup or leave it out completely otherwise this is way to sweet.
I used brown sugar to taste, adding little by little so that it is not too sweet (much less than 1 3/4 cup) and 2-3 Tbsp of spiced rum….everything else as it is in the recipe. It was great! Next time even more rum :)
I belong to a family of Lemon Heads. I make an everything Lemon Lemon Cake. I alter this recipe by reducig the Vanilla to 1 1/2 Tsp. Vanilla. Add 1 1/2 Tsp. Lemon Juice and zest of 1 lemon. More zest if you want more lemon flavor.
Hi! Thanks for sharing this great frosting recipe. I tried this last weekend for my guests & they loved it.