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Thick cream cheese glaze being poured over applesauce crumb cake.

Cream Cheese Glaze

This easy cream cheese glaze is smooth, creamy, and lightly tangy. Add the heavy cream gradually for a thick or pourable glaze, or use less to turn it into cream cheese frosting.
*Quick Note Before You Dive In: This recipe card covers the basics, but if you want to know how to adjust the consistency or use the glaze as frosting, scroll back up! Everything you need for foolproof results is in the post.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 134 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounces (112g) cream cheese room temperature
  • ¼ cup (57g) unsalted butter room temperature
  • ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups (170g) powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (30ml) heavy cream plus more for thinning

Equipment

Instructions
 

  • Beat the cream cheese and butter with a hand mixer until light and fluffy.
  • Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Beat on low speed until incorporated. Increase the mixer speed to high and continue beating until smooth.
  • Add 2 tablespoons heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition. Once you are close to your desired consistency, add additional heavy cream 1 teaspoon at a time as needed. The finished glaze should fall slowly from a spoon in a thick ribbon.

Notes:

It is best to add the heavy cream gradually. Once you are close to your desired consistency, add only 1 teaspoon at a time to avoid thinning the glaze too much.
For a thicker, frosting-like consistency, use only 1 tablespoon heavy cream.
As a frosting, this recipe makes enough to frost the top of an 8x8-inch square cake. For a 9x13-inch sheet cake, double the recipe. For a 2-layer cake, triple the recipe.
This recipe makes about 1½ cups of cream cheese glaze, more than enough to generously drizzle over an 8x8-inch cake or about 12 muffins, scones, or cinnamon rolls, or lightly drizzle over a 9x13-inch cake.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and provided as an estimate. It is not intended as a substitute for professional dietary advice

Nutrition

Serving: 26gCalories: 134kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 31mgPotassium: 16mgSugar: 15gVitamin A: 282IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.02mg
Keyword 10-minute recipe, 5-ingredient recipe, cake glaze, cream cheese, frosting, no-cook
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