Cream Cheese Frosting
Enjoy this gluten free cream cheese frosting on carrot cake or banana bread.
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¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup cream cheese
¼ cup agave nectar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup cream cheese
¼ cup agave nectar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Whip heavy cream until stiff
- In a separate larger bowl, whip cream cheese until smooth, then blend in agave and vanilla
- With a rubber spatula, gently blend whip cream into cream cheese mixture
Posted on October 21, 2007 in desserts by Elana
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Hi Elana,
I want to make a carrot cake with this frosting. Should I frost the cake and then leave it in the fridge for several hours to make it really set? Or should I ice it last minute? What do you recommend for this concoction. :)
I love your site! It's so refreshing to see other people out there using healthier ingredients.
Hi Elana,
You have so many great recipes.
I'm going to make your cream cheese frosting for my son's first birthday "banana bread" cake on Saturday. I wanted to make the frosting ahead of time, but I don't want it to go bad, knowing there will be leftovers for a few days too eat too. How far in advance would you recommend making the frosting? on Friday? or Thurs? Wed? Thanks so much for your wonderful recipe and for your help too!
Colleen
I made this tonight to put on Elana's Carrot Cake made into cupcakes (which were fabulous!) and it turned out great! I'd suggest beating some of the honey into the cream to make sure it's stabalized if you're thinking about keeping it around, but it all blended well and was very tasty. It was a great cream cheese taste with the smoothness of the cream, a keeper to be sure! We actually divided this into thirds and tinted it so the kids could have colored frosting:) Thanks for much for the recipe!
UPDATE:
Beating honey into the cream didn't seem to make a shelf life difference, so disregard that bit (though I did use honey instead of Avage and it worked fine). I did a test run (and ate it with a spoon, I LOVE this frosting) and waited to see how long it would last before seperating. At about 3 days it started to weep slightly. I made Elana's carrot cake for a birthday cake, and made this the morning of to give it time to set in the fridge. The frosting held well overnight on the counter, as we had it for breakfast the next day! Maybe shouldn't have, but we did, and it was fine.
Hi, I tried this recipe for frosting for my little girl's 3rd birthday. We absolutely loved it!! It is now my favorite icing recipe. I plan to make it again for my husband's birthday this weekend. Thank you!
Elana, Thank you so much for your site. I just have the most basic question. Which brand of cream cheese is safe for me to use? Thank you so much for your time! Dawn