Cream cheese recipes - 55 recipes
Cream cheese is a soft mild cheese that is similar in taste and texture to mascarpone.
Cream cheese recipes date back as early as the 1750s in Lincolnshire in England’s southwest.
In modern times, cream cheese is a popular spread and dip, and is used to make cream cheese icing for baked goods like red velvet cupcake .
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Red velvet cupcakes
By curlycarly2@hotmail.com
Details
servings 12
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 20
Cooking time 25
Cost Average budget
- 60g unsalted butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 20g cocoa powder
- 40ml red food colouring
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 120ml buttermilk
- 150g plain flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate soda
- 1½ tsp white vinegar
- Icing:
- 300g icing sugar
- 50g unsalted butter
- 125g cream cheese
Preheat the oven to 170°C
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
By kajal_bhagwandas
Really easy to make cupcakes that'll delight everyone around!
- 30g self-raising flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 90g soft sugar
- 80ml vegetable oil
- 80ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp red food colouring
- 1 egg
- Frosting:
- 60g unsalted butter
- 150g soft cheese
- 250g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tbsp red food colouring
- 12 small cupcake cases
- 3 piping bags
- Star-shaped nozzle (for pipping bags)
Red Velvet Cheescake Swirl Brownies
By stylingrules
Red velvet cake, cheesecake and brownie - a combination of the three best desserts!
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 30 grams red food colouring
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 pack cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Blackcurrant Cheesecake
By wendymcc
Put the topping ingredients in to a pan and heat until syrupy
- BASE:
- 200g Digestive Biscuits or (150g Digestives & 50g Amaretti Biscuits)
- 100g Melted Butter
- TOPPING: (Mixed Together)
- 300g Blackcurrants
- 2 Tbsp Blackcurrant Conserve
- 5 Tbsp Vanilla Sugar or Caster Sugar
- FILLING:
- 300g White Chocolate
- 250g Mascarpone
- 250g Cream Cheese
- 300ml Double Cream
Strawberry Santas
By ismaithliomithe
Cut the top third off each berry and reserve
- 20 medium-large strawberries, hulled for a flat base
- 100g Philadelphia Light cream cheese (Note: other brands of cream cheese can be too runny for this recipe; this is the one we've found works best.)
- 4-6 tsp icing sugar, to taste
- 40 mini dark-choc bits or chocolate chips
Raspberry Rose Cupcakes
By Badgertails, Badgertails ~ Homemaker
Raspberry Red Velvet Cakes with Rose Water Frosting
- For the cakes:
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 30g butter, softened
- 1 medium egg
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp red food colouring (I used a 'Christmas Red' paste from hobbycraft)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 60ml buttermilk
- 75g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp dried raspberry pieces (small) plus extra for decorating
- For the frosting:
- 150g icing sugar
- 50g butter, softened
- 60g cream cheese
- 1 tsp rose water
- edible silver glitter
Red Velvet Cupcales Recipe
By gloopychocolate
Follow this fool proof recipe for the best Red Velvet delights! These are ideal as easy snacks for birthdays, celeb
- 250g plain flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100g soft unsalted butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp red food dye
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 175ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp cider vinegar
- 500g icing sugar
- 125g cream cheese
- 125g soft unsalted butter
- 1 tsp cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
Red Velvet Cupcakes
By vanitaza
Cupcakes
- RED VELVET CUPCAKES
- Makes 12
- 375ml flour
- 250ml icing sugar
- 5ml bicarbonate of soda
- 45ml cocoa powder
- 80ml oil
- 250ml buttermilk
- 30m red food colouring
- 15ml vinegar
- 10ml vanilla essence
- ICING
- 80g butter
- 125g cream cheese
- 500ml sifted icing sugar
- 5ml vanilla essence
Earl Grey Macarons with Cream Cheese Frosting
By whiskandknife, Whisk & Knife
Subtly floral earl grey with tangy cream cheese frosting! Without a doubt, perfect with a cup of earl grey tea
- For the Earl Grey macaron shells (A):
- 53g egg white
- 25g granulated/ caster sugar
- 100g icing/superfine sugar
- 60g ground almonds
- 1 earl grey tea bag
- For the cream cheese filling (B):
- 100g full fat cream cheese
- 30g butter
- 150g icing sugar
Red Velvet Cake
By NixyJ
Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a cake tin
- 350g butter
- 350g caster sugar
- 6 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
- Pinch salt
- 300g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 50ml red food colouring
- 800g ready white icing
- Buttercream:
- 244g soft butter
- 600g icing sugar
- 75g cream cheese
- Couple of drops of vanilla essence
Tuna rillettes with seaweed
By Tif' - Blog "Num num, birdy"
Open the tin of tuna. Drain the tuna thoroughly
- - 1 medium tin of albacore tuna in natural oil
- - 2 large spoonfuls of Philadelphia cheese spread
- - 1 teaspoon dried seaweed
- - A few sprigs of fresh chives
- - Pepper
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- 2 teaspoons baking powder
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Arabian Bites
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- 1/2 cup olive oil
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Red Velvet Cake
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- 60g cacao powder sifted
- 170g golden caster sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 170g cooked beetroot (not pickled!)
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Soy cream cheese
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- pinch of pepper
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Easy chocolate and vanilla...
- 300 g cream cheese (also known as soft cheese)
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- 50 g cocoa powder
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Mango Cheesecake
- 150 g oaty biscuits, crushed
- 40 g butter, melted
- 425 g can mango slices in light syrup
- finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime
- 275 g white chocolate, broken into pieces
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- 150 ml double cream, lightly whipped
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Philli Chicken
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- 4 x Chicken Breast
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