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Cream Cheese Frosting can be used for frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and bars. It also makes a good cake filling to use between layers. Its flavor and texture blend nicely with carrot, spice, pumpkin, and chocolate-flavored cakes and bars.

Cream Cheese Frosting works well when decorating a cake with simple frosting designs and can also be use with a pastry bag for some detailed decorating. You can do some detail decorating with this recipe for Cream Cheese frosting but the types of shapes you will be able to make and have hold up are limited because of its soft texture. This recipe for frosting should be stored in the refrigerator because of its cream cheese contents. Other ingredients can also be added to the cream cheese frosting to enhance its flavor. Add cocoa for a bit of a chocolate flavor or try adding some coconut to give the frosting an accented flavor.