Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting. Without the coconut or vanilla it makes a great cream cheese base frosting and with vanilla alone it's a very tasty vanilla frosting. This easy homemade frosting is a traditional cream cheese frosting with sweetened, flaked coconut added for a rich coconut flavor. Or rather, "cream cheese" frosting, I suppose.
Depending on the brand of coconut cream you use, you may be adding a strong coconut flavor to your cream cheese.
So today's vegan cream cheese frosting only uses "real" ingredients - maple syrup and coconut milk, yogurt, and oil!
The taste is similar to regular cream cheese frosting in that it's tangy, but it's lacking the obscene amount of sugar, which is fine by me!
You can cook Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
- It's 1.5 of bricks cream cheese (12 oz. total).
- It's 1/4 cup of (1/2 a stick) of unsalted butter at room temp.
- It's 1.5 cups of powdered sugar, sifted.
- You need 1/2-1 teaspoon of coconut extract (depending on how much coconut flavor you want).
Use Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting to impress guests with tasty homemade cake frosting! This version of easy coconut frosting uses coconut milk instead of coconut extract. The result is a lusciously silky texture that glides across the tongue. I seriously love how smooth it is.
Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream the cream cheese and butter together with a mixer until they're well incorporated..
- Add in the coconut extract and powdered sugar and mix again until creamy and smooth. Don't forget to scrape the sides of the bowl from time to time to make sure everything gets evenly incorporated..
- You can use the frosting right away, but if it's going to be a while before you serve, frosted cake should be refrigerated until 30 minutes before serving..
It's just as silky as my cream cheese frosting! If you need more coconut flavor, add half a teaspoon of coconut. Coconut infused cake, coconut cream cheese frosting, sprinkled with toasted coconut. Coconut Cream Cake is probably one of the best cakes I have ever had. The coconut cream cake itself is so rich and moist and the frosting is just to die for.