Best 9 Cream Cheese Frosting For Molasses Spice Cake Recipes

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Indulge in a taste of delectable harmony with our guide to crafting the perfect cream cheese frosting to complement your molasses spice cake. This frosting is a symphony of flavors, bringing together the richness of cream cheese, the sweetness of sugar, and a hint of tang from lemon juice. Its texture is smooth and creamy, providing a delightful contrast to the dense and spicy cake. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary journey, this article will provide you with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips to ensure success in creating a frosting that will elevate your molasses spice cake to culinary perfection.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

ALLSPICE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



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Cream cheese frosting with a little extra something. This is a good frosting for spice cakes that contain allspice.

Provided by v monte

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Cream Cheese

Time 20m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
⅓ cup butter, softened
¾ teaspoon ground allspice
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk

Steps:

  • In a medium bowl, blend the cream cheese, butter, and allspice. Gradually mix in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and milk until the mixture is spreadable.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.8 calories, Carbohydrate 48.3 g, Cholesterol 25.9 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 70.6 mg, Sugar 47.2 g

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



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You know that no cake, cupcake, bar or cookie is complete without the perfect layer of cream cheese icing or frosting. Luckily, our spreadable and creamy homemade recipe is ready in just 5 minutes with 4 simple ingredients. Sweet with just the right amount of tang, this from-scratch Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe is the perfect finish for carrot cake, red velvet cupcakes, pumpkin-spice bars and more. Soon you'll be adding this cream cheese frosting recipe to everything on the dessert tray and more.

Provided by By Stephanie Wise

Categories     Dessert

Time 5m

Yield 32

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar, plus more as needed

Steps:

  • In large bowl, beat softened butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed 2 to 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and creamy.
  • Stir in vanilla, then stir in powdered sugar. Add more powdered sugar as needed until frosting is a thick spreadable consistency.
  • Spread or pipe frosting on cooled cake or cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 20 g, TransFat 0 g

MOLASSES SPICE CAKE



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An array of aromatic spices-including ground cinnamon, mace, and black pepper-make this molasses cake perfect for a fall dessert. It's frosted with a rich cream cheese buttercream, then finished with a drizzle of brown sugar glaze.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Yield Makes one 9-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Pinch of ground cloves
4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
1/3 cup sour cream, room temperature
1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
3 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest (from 1 to 2 lemons)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
1 1/3 cups packed light-brown sugar
Cream Cheese Frosting for Molasses-Spice Cake
Brown-Sugar Glaze

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan. Line bottom with parchment, and butter the parchment.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, sour cream, molasses, ginger, lemon zest, and vanilla.
  • Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Beat in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the sour cream mixture.
  • Scrape batter into prepared pan, and bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack, remove parchment, and turn right side up. Let cool completely. (Cake can be wrapped tightly in plastic and refrigerated for up to 1 day.)
  • Spread frosting over top of cake. Drizzle with glaze. Serve immediately.

PUMPKIN SHEET CAKE WITH MOLASSES CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING



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This simple, warmly spiced pumpkin cake is enough to feed a crowd, making it a perfect holiday treat. It's also relatively versatile: You can serve it in the pan for an easy presentation, or transfer it to a platter for something a little more refined. The frosting is just enough to coat the cake in a thin layer, but, if you want more, you may want to more for a generous coating. And, for a more subtly flavored frosting, substitute an equal amount of dark maple syrup for the molasses, or skip the molasses entirely for pure cream-cheese flavor.

Provided by Yossy Arefi

Categories     cakes, dessert

Time 45m

Yield One 9x13-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 21

1/2 cup/113 grams unsalted butter (1 stick), softened but cool, plus more for the pan
2 cups/256 grams all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/2 cups/330 grams light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup/60 milliliters grapeseed or other neutral-flavored oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (15-ounce/425-gram) can pumpkin purée
1/2 cup/4 ounces/113 grams cream cheese, softened but cool
1/4 cup/57 grams unsalted butter, softened but cool
2 cups/226 grams confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch kosher salt

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices until well combined.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the brown sugar, butter and grapeseed oil. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing for about 20 seconds between each. Add the vanilla extract and pumpkin purée and mix until well combined, scraping the bottom and sides of the bowl as necessary.
  • Turn the mixer to low, and add the dry ingredients. Stir until a few spots of flour remain. Remove the bowl from the mixer, and use a rubber spatula to finish folding in the dry ingredients. The batter will be thick and fluffy, so make sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl to ensure it is evenly mixed.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and firmly tap the pan on the countertop a few times to release any large air bubbles. Bake the cake until golden and puffed, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Cool the cake, still in the pan, on a rack for 15 minutes, then use the tip of a knife to loosen the edges and carefully invert it onto the rack to cool completely.
  • Make the frosting: Add the cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high until smooth. Turn the speed to low and slowly add the confectioner's sugar, mix until the sugar is moistened, then turn the mixer up to medium-high and whip until smooth. Add the molasses, lemon juice, vanilla and pinch of salt, and whip until smooth.
  • Invert the cooled cake to a serving platter, frost and serve. Alternately, you can also frost and serve this cake in the pan it was baked in, if you'd rather not transfer it to a serving platter.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING FOR MOLASSES-SPICE CAKE



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Use this cream cheese frosting recipe when making our Molasses-Spice Cake.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes

Yield Makes enough for one 9-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 5

12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Beat cream cheese and butter with a mixer until fluffy. Beat in sour cream, then sugar and salt. Frosting can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 day; bring to room temperature, and stir well before using.

SPICE CAKE WITH MOLASSES CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



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Categories     Cake     Fruit     Dessert     Bake     Cream Cheese     Raisin     Walnut     Spice     Fall     Molasses     Bon Appétit     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Serves 12

Number Of Ingredients 23

Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup apple butter
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons unsulfured (light) molasses
1 cup golden raisins
Frosting
1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons unsulfured (light) molasses
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Caramel
1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon whipping cream
1 1/2 cups chopped toasted walnuts

Steps:

  • For Cake:
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Combine first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Whisk apple butter, buttermilk, oil, eggs, molasses and raisins in medium bowl to blend. Stir apple butter mixture into dry ingredients. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer cakes to racks and cool 20 minutes. Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cakes. Turn cakes onto parchment-lined racks and cool completely.
  • For Frosting:
  • Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Add molasses, butter and vanilla and beat just until smooth. Place 1 cake layer on plate. Spread 1 1/2 cups frosting over. Top with second cake layer. Spread remaining frosting decoratively over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate while preparing caramel.
  • For Caramel:
  • Stir sugar and cream in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Boil and stir 1 minute. Let stand until very thick but still pourable, about 5 minutes. Drizzle caramel over cake. Press nuts onto sides of cake. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.)

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



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This smooth, versatile cream cheese frosting has a delicate vanilla flavor. The woman who made the wedding cake for our daughter, Leanne, and her groom, Billy, used this recipe. It's also excellent on carrot cake. -Sharon Lugdon, Greenbush, Maine

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 10m

Yield about 3 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt, optional
3-3/4 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and, if desired, salt until fluffy. Gradually beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve desired consistency. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 234 calories, Fat 9g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 27mg cholesterol, Sodium 109mg sodium, Carbohydrate 38g carbohydrate (35g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

MULLING-SPICE CAKE WITH CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING



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The spices in this cake from "Live Life Deliciously" by Tara Bench (Shadow Mountain, 2020) are, indeed, those you'd use if you were mulling cider or wine. They're the flavors of fall and winter, and especially of the holidays; that their aromas linger in the kitchen is a bonus. They're warm and hearty enough to hold their own when blended with the cake's apple cider and molasses (use an unsulfured brand, such as Grandma's). The batter is very thin, but it bakes up sturdy, easy to cut and ready to be generously filled and covered with cream cheese frosting. The cake is lovely on its own, but it welcomes extras. Ms. Bench decorates hers with almond and candy Christmas trees, but a little crystallized ginger or chocolate is nice too.

Provided by Dorie Greenspan

Categories     snack, cakes, dessert

Time 2h45m

Yield 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

Nonstick baking spray
2 1/4 cups/290 grams all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup/225 grams unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
1 packed cup/220 grams light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
3/4 cup/180 milliliters unsulfured molasses (not blackstrap)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup/120 milliliters apple cider
12 ounces/340 grams cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup/170 grams unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
6 cups/740 grams confectioners' sugar, sifted
Finely chopped crystallized ginger, chocolate pearls or sprinkles (optional)

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the cakes: Coat two 9-inch round pans with baking spray and line the bottoms with parchment.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, spices and salt; set aside.
  • Working in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using an electric mixer), beat together the butter and brown sugar on medium until smooth. Add eggs and orange zest, and beat on medium-high speed, about 1 minute.
  • In a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup, add the molasses and baking soda. In a small saucepan, bring the apple cider to a boil over high; pour it over the molasses and baking soda and whisk until combined. (The mixture will froth.)
  • Beat in a third of the flour to the butter mixture on low until combined, then half the cider mixture. When it's blended, add half the remaining flour, all the remaining cider, then the rest of the flour, beating to blend after each addition. Batter will be runny.
  • Divide the batter between the pans, swiveling the pans to level the batter, which will be scant. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, rotating halfway through. Let cakes cool in pans for 15 minutes, then unmold and transfer the cakes to wire racks to cool fully.
  • Prepare the frosting: Use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the butter and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and salt, and mix briefly. On low speed, add the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. After all the sugar is incorporated, scrape the bowl, then beat the frosting on medium-high for 15 seconds.
  • Place one layer of cake on a serving platter. Top with 1 cup frosting, and spread it to the edge of the cake. Place the second cake layer on top, and frost the entire cake with the remaining frosting. Top with a smattering of crystallized ginger bits, chocolate pearls or sprinkles, if desired. Refrigerate for 1 hour (or up to 3 days) before serving.

MOLASSES SPICE CAKE



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This recipe has been in my personal collection for 30 years. The spice flavors are nicely balanced, and the molasses and coffee make it dark and moist. You can use either instant coffee with 1 cup boiling water or brewed coffee in this sheet cake. -Dawn Lowenstein, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 24 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup brewed coffee, cooled
ICING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners' sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons 2% milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with coffee, beating well after each addition. Spread into prepared pan., Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., For icing, beat butter and vanilla until creamy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread over cake.

Nutrition Facts :

Tips for Making the Best Cream Cheese Frosting for Molasses Spice Cake:

  • Use high-quality cream cheese: Opt for full-fat cream cheese that is smooth and spreadable. Avoid using whipped cream cheese or cream cheese spread, as they may not hold up well in the frosting.
  • Soften the cream cheese properly: Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature before beating it. This will help it blend smoothly with the other ingredients and prevent lumps.
  • Gradually add the butter: Add the butter to the cream cheese a little at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help prevent the frosting from curdling.
  • Use fresh spices: For the best flavor, use freshly ground spices in your frosting. Ground spices lose their potency over time, so using fresh ones will ensure the frosting is flavorful.
  • Don't overbeat the frosting: Overbeating the frosting can cause it to become stiff and grainy. Beat the frosting just until it is smooth and creamy.

Conclusion:

This cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement to the molasses spice cake. It is rich, creamy, and flavorful, with a hint of spice. Follow the tips above to make the best cream cheese frosting for molasses spice cake. You can also experiment with different spices to create your own unique frosting flavor.

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