To most Americans, “cream cheese” is savory. You put it on bagels,
perhaps with egg, capers, or cured fish. You don’t put it on dessert,
right?
Except “cream cheese frosting” is a (delicious!) thing, most
traditionally for carrot and red velvet cake. I think this
incongruity is holding cream cheese frosting back, and it needs better
branding. Specifically, I think we should call it “cheesecake
frosting”. It’s essentially no-bake cheesecake already, and it’s
reasonably close in flavor and texture since they’re both mostly cream
cheese with sugar and fat.
Looking online I do see a few
peopletalkingabout
cheesecake frosting, and they’re all using it just to mean cream
cheese frosting.
On the other hand, I think whipped cream cheese on an Oreo is decent
imitation of cheesecake with an Oreo crust, so I’m not sure I’m the
best person to listen to here.
Cheesecake Frosting
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To most Americans, “cream cheese” is savory. You put it on bagels, perhaps with egg, capers, or cured fish. You don’t put it on dessert, right?
Except “cream cheese frosting” is a (delicious!) thing, most traditionally for carrot and red velvet cake. I think this incongruity is holding cream cheese frosting back, and it needs better branding. Specifically, I think we should call it “cheesecake frosting”. It’s essentially no-bake cheesecake already, and it’s reasonably close in flavor and texture since they’re both mostly cream cheese with sugar and fat.
Looking online I do see a few people talking about cheesecake frosting, and they’re all using it just to mean cream cheese frosting.
On the other hand, I think whipped cream cheese on an Oreo is decent imitation of cheesecake with an Oreo crust, so I’m not sure I’m the best person to listen to here.
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