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        Published: Jan 2, 2022 by Leena · 6 Comments

        3 Ingredient Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

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        Here’s the ultimate vegan cream cheese frosting for carrot cake, gingerbread cakes and pretty much all spiced cakes. This 3 ingredient cream cheese frosting is perfect!

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        How to make dairy free cream cheese frosting

        Simply begin by creaming together the vegan blocked butter and cream cheese for 5 mins using an electric whisk, until pale and fluffy. Then sift in ½ the icing sugar, and beat until smooth and then the rest of the icing sugar.

        This prevents the icing sugar exploding out of the bowl as you whisk it. Whisk for a further 5mins on high speed until pale and fluffy.

        [It's important you use blocked vegan butter as it's more stable and has less moisture so helps to create that thick spreadable frosting like tradition cream cheese icing]

        vegan cream cheese frosting

        Uses 

        • Vegan lemon cream cheese frosting
        • Dairy free cream cheese icing for molasses cake
        • Vegan cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing
        • Dairy free cream cheese frosting for gingerbread cake
        vegan cream cheese frosting on carrot cake

        What is carrot cake icing made of?

        Carrot cake icing is cream cheese frosting and the ingredients are..

        3 Ingredient vegan cream cheese frosting

        This is my super simple fluffy, stable vegan cream cheese frosting
        5 from 3 votes
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        Course: Dessert
        Cuisine: Dairy Free
        Keyword: vegan
        Prep Time: 10 minutes
        Cook Time: 0 minutes

        Equipment

        • electric whisk
        • Bowl

        Ingredients

        • 110 g Vegan butter (Block)
        • 60 g Vegan cream cheese
        • 300 g Icing sugar (Sifted)

        Instructions

        • Simply begin by creaming together the vegan butter and cream cheese for 5 mins using an electric whisk, until pale and fluffy. Then sift in ½ the icing sugar, and beat until smooth and then the rest of the icing sugar.
          110 g Vegan butter, 60 g Vegan cream cheese, 300 g Icing sugar
        • This prevents the icing sugar exploding out of the bowl as you whisk it. Whisk for a further 5mins on high speed until pale and fluffy.
          300 g Icing sugar

        Notes

        Check out my shop for all your pantry essentials.
        Looking for a recipe to make with this icing? Why not try..
        Gluten and Dairy free carrot cake 
        Vegan gingerbread cake

        Wondering what frosting is best for carrot cake?

        This is by far the best vegan cream cheese icing recipe, it’s super smooth and hold’s it shape. Unlike other cream cheese icing recipes that are quite runny/less stable. This recipe is perfect for piping and layering between cakes.

        Or if you don’t want it this stable simply place in the microwave for 15 second to get a slightly runny consistency as I have done for my gingerbread cake.

        vegan cream cheese frosting on cake

        Your Thoughts

        I’d love to hear your thoughts on this vegan frosting recipe. Did it turn out as you expected?

        Let me know in the comments.

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        1. Kaybee Lives says

          January 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm

          5 stars
          Love this! I have a vegan spice cake I have been wanting to make but didn't know what to frost or glaze it with. This is perfect to go with it! Thanks for a great recipe!

          Reply
          • Leena. says

            January 22, 2022 at 4:04 pm

            Brilliant! This frosting would go perfectly

            Reply
        2. Sam says

          August 09, 2022 at 12:55 am

          5 stars
          I love how simple this recipe is, thanks for this!

          Reply
          • Leena. says

            August 10, 2022 at 7:06 am

            Of course, so glad you like it!

            Reply
        3. Tom says

          August 10, 2022 at 1:41 am

          5 stars
          This was the best frosting I've ever tried !

          Reply
          • Leena. says

            August 10, 2022 at 7:05 am

            So glad you liked it!

            Reply

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