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How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

By Trang Doan - Feb 11, 2019 (updated Feb 6, 2019) - This post may contain affiliate links.

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This pretty in pink Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting is creamy, tangy and delicious, with absolutely no added food coloring. You’ll want to add it to every cake, cupcake, cookie, and anything you can add frosting to, trust me.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting on top of a cupcakeMy very first time making cream cheese frosting was for a red velvet cupcake recipe way before my blogging day. Since then, cream cheese frosting has held a special place in my heart. And also because it’s absolutely freaken delicious. This particular strawberry cream cheese frosting is enhanced with a very special ingredient – freeze dried strawberry! You won’t get the perfect pink and the powerful strawberry flavor and tang with anything else.

How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Pulverizing freeze dried strawberry to make strawberry cream cheese frostingFreeze dried strawberry is not hard to come by. I buy mine at Target. You can also get strawberry freeze-dried powder online, which will save you a step. With the sliced freeze dried strawberry, you’ll need to pulverize it into a powder using a food processor or a good blender. I usually drape a kitchen towel over the food processor so the powder doesn’t puff up everywhere. Once done, let it settle for a bit before opening the lid.

Softened butter and cream cheese for strawberry cream cheese frostingBe sure to let the cream cheese and butter come to room temperature before hand. You can help it along by cutting it up into smaller cubes. Add a splash of vanilla to the butter and cream cheese and beat to combine. I always use full fat cream cheese for the best result and taste.

Beaten cream mixture for strawberry cream cheese frostingOnce the butter and cream cheese are combined and creamy, it’s time to add powder sugar and strawberry powder. Mix it on low speed first to incorporate the powder mixture into the cream mixture without beating it all over the place. Then increase speed and beat it until all ingredients are thoroughly combined to yield a fluffy strawberry frosting.

Add powder sugar and strawberry powder to cream mixtureNote that I also tried making a strawberry frosting using strawberry preserve, but the flavor wasn’t strong enough. I would have to add a lot more preserve, but the frosting would start to get runny. Freeze dried strawberry is the best way to get that concentrated flavor in your frosting without compromising the texture.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting in the stand mixerI’ve made this Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting a few times over the years. I even added Champagne to it once on these Strawberry Champagne Cupcakes. I love it so much, I decide it needs its own post. Because truly, you can use in so many different ways. It will be perfect on classic vanilla cupcakes, better yet on lemon cupcakes, and don’t tell me you won’t put it on chocolate cupcakes.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting on top of a cupcakeIf you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment, rate it and don’t forget to tag me @wildwildwhisk on Instagram. I’d love to see what’s cooking up in your kitchen. Cheers!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting on top of a cupcake

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

This pretty in pink Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting is creamy, tangy and delicious, with absolutely no added food coloring. You’ll want to add it to every cake, cupcake, cookie, and anything you can add frosting to, trust me.
5 from 5 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3 cups
Calories: 187kcal
Author: Trang

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 8 oz unsalted butter
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • ¼ cup freeze dried strawberry powder (½ oz)

Instructions

  • Allow the cream cheese and butter to come to room temperature and softened before you get started. It can speed up the process to cut them into small cubes.
  • Add ½ oz of freeze dried strawberry to a food processor and process until a powder forms. Keep a kitchen towel draped over the food processor while it’s working to prevent the strawberry powder to escape and fly everywhere.
  • In the stand mixer bowl, add softened butter and cream cheese along with the pure vanilla extract, mix with the whisk attachment at medium low speed and gradually increase speed to medium high and beat until thoroughly combined.
  • Stop the mixer to add powder sugar and strawberry powder, mix at low speed to incorporate the powder mixture into the cream mixture, then gradually increase speed to medium high and beat until thoroughly combined and fluffy.

Notes

  • Use full fat cream cheese for best tasting frosting.
  • Freeze dried strawberry can be found in the nut/dried fruit aisle at Target. I always buy the Simply Balanced brand.
  • This recipe is enough to frost 12 - 15 cupcakes. 
  • Calories information is for 1 serving out of 15.

Nutrition

Serving: 38g | Calories: 187kcal
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?If you made this recipe and loved it, please leave a comment and give us a 5 STAR review. Mention @WildWildWhisk or tag #WildWildWhisk on Instagram.

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This is the best homemade Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting you'll ever taste! It's sweet and tangy but not too sweet, and the color is 100% natural, no food color whatsoever. #wildwildwhisk #strawberryfrosting #creamcheesefrosting #frostingrecipe
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  1. PMG

    January 21, 2023 at 5:59 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious! Light and creamy.

    Reply
    • Trang Doan

      January 21, 2023 at 9:37 pm

      Thank you for trying it out! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

      Reply
  2. Hazel

    July 13, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    I am going to be trying this with freeze dry strawberries. Sounds yummy. I’ve only made it with fresh strawberries. I blended 1 C. of strawberries with 1 TBLS of sugar and 1tsp of water, in the blender. Strained to a sauce pan, and put on medium low heat until it looked like jam. Took about 30 minutes for me. This was in place of the dry freeze strawberries. Everything else was the same. It was full of strawberry flavor!!

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    • Trang Doan

      July 15, 2021 at 9:56 am

      That sounds amazing Hazel!

      Reply
  3. Rose Martine

    January 29, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    5 stars
    I so enjoy your site and your recipes. Would you please consider adding a print option so we can enjoy your recipes a little more easily. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Trang

      January 30, 2020 at 6:10 am

      Hi Rose, there is a print button right at the top of the post and also in the recipe card.

      Reply
  4. Melissa M Williams

    December 30, 2019 at 5:20 pm

    5 stars
    This frosting is amazing! Great tasting and easy to make…I give it 2 thumbs up!

    Reply
    • Trang

      December 31, 2019 at 6:19 am

      Thanks Melissa, I’m glad you like this frosting!

      Reply
  5. Melanie

    April 13, 2019 at 12:40 pm

    5 stars
    I just made a fresh strawberry birthday cake for my sister and used this recipe. Absolutely delicious! I doubled the recipe to ice and decorate a two layer cake. It’s a warm, muggy day here so i added an additional cup of powdered sugar to tighten it up. Wonderful taste and very easy to work with! I LOVE the texture and taste with the freeze dried strawberry!

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    • Trang

      April 14, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      Wonderful Melanie, I’m so happy that you enjoyed this frosting 🙂

      Reply
  6. Marie

    February 12, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    5 stars
    I love using freeze dried fruits and this natural colour is just amazing

    Reply

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