Cream cheese frosting is a universal favorite, getting dolloped on cakes from carrot to red velvet and anything in between. This version from Bea Vo adds mascarpone to lighten it up, as well as whipped cream. Creamier, cheesier, lighter, and fluffier. What are you waiting for?

Adapted from Bea Vo | Tea with Bea | Ryland Peters & Small, 2011
This frosting is very different from most other cream cheese frostings because it’s lightened with mascarpone and whipped cream. If you prefer a sturdier frosting, simply omit the whipped cream.–Bea Vo
DOES CREAM CHEESE ICING HARDEN UP IN THE FRIDGE?
If your frosting is too soft to pipe into swooping swirls and curving curls, you can pop it into the fridge for 30 minutes.
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Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream very cold
- 3/4 cup mascarpone
- 3/4 cup cream cheese
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
- In another bowl, beat the mascarpone, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until well combined.
- Add 1/3 of the whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture and beat until combined. Gently fold in the rest of the whipped cream until thoroughly combined. Cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before using.
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Originally published April 24, 2021
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Kristina R.
This homemade cream cheese frosting is awesome. I’m not a frosting person, but I was eating this straight with a spoon!