This no-butter cream cheese frosting recipe uses mascarpone and heavy cream ... but the frosting won't harden, so they can be served immediately and do not need to come up to room temperature.

Salon resident pastry chef Meghan McGarry of Buttercream Blondie set out to simplify our time in the kitchen with her latest innovation: cookies ... classic cream cheese frosting that ...

then gently press into the center of each cookie again with your knuckle. Allow to cool completely before piping or spooning the cream cheese frosting into the indentations and serving.

Homemade cream cheese frosting can add a pleasantly sweet and tangy note to almost any cupcake or layer cake recipe, even one that calls for buttercream frosting—including this Double Banana ...

Sari King of Crazy Woman Cookies in Boyne City shares her recipe for chai cookies with cream cheese frosting just in time for the holiday season. Find more of Sari’s cookie recipes here.

But a good whipped cream cheese frosting is hard to find. In 1964, a Maryland reader wrote in to The Washington Post to share her recipe (4 oz. cream cheese, ¼ stick margarine, 1 tsp.