Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting is a light and creamy frosting made with basic ingredients, including caramel sauce, that is a wonderful addition to your homemade frostings. Top a chocolate cupcake with it, and sprinkle with some sea salt to enjoy something magical!
Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
My traditional cream cheese frosting recipe is one of those recipes that people come back for again and again. It has loads of flavor and can be customizable in that you can adjust the thickness and creaminess to fit your needs!
While I love that creamy cream cheese frosting, my passion for decorating cupcakes runs even deeper. I wanted to find a cream cheese frosting with a little depth and originality. Bring in the caramel sauce!
How to Make Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
I have started to use a lot more cream cheese frostings with my recipes. They go so perfectly with banana breads, zucchini treats, and then apple and pumpkin desserts! So, finding a really good Caramel Cream Cheese frosting was not something I knew I needed in my life until I accidentally ate some.
To make this frosting, first, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy. Next, add the caramel sauce and vanilla. Finally, add the confectioners’ sugar, one cup at a time, until you have reached your desired consistency. I most recently used it on some Spice Cupcakes. And I definitely would use it for a rustic zucchini cake or anything red velvet.
Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup caramel sauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups (330g) confectioners' sugar, divided
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or using a handheld mixer), beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute.
- Add the caramel sauce and vanilla. Beat until blended.
- Add 3 cups of confectioners sugar, 1 cup at a time, and beat on low speed until blended. Add more confectioners' sugar if needed to reach desired consistency.
- Increase mixer speed and beat on medium-high speed for up to 2 minutes.
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It is amazing. This will be a regular in our house..
Easy, fabulous tasting. My guests loved it. Love finding a new twist on tried and true favorites.
Made the Carmel cream cheese frosting for the first time today and it is so good….😋 I added a little sea salt to make it not so sweet. Family loved it!
Hi! I’d like to make this Caramel Frosting to pipe onto chocolate muffins for a friend who loves a caramel-chocolate flavour combo (as in a Caramilk bar—her favourite candy treat). Can the amount of icing sugar be reduced, and if yes— by how much and still maintain a firm frosting that will still hold its shape after piping it? Your advice would be greatly appreciated!
Amazing. Used it on a pumpkin cake from the NYTs. So so good!
We made this icing today and the corresponding caramel sauce. 10 out of 10! It is sooooo good!
This tastes delicious thank you! How long does it keep for? We made way too much for one cake and we’re planning on making another in 5 days or so.
I made a carrot cake and frosted with your recipe. Delicious. Served it tonight at birthday get together for my daughter in law. Everyone loved it. Thank you.