This gingerbread cream cheese frosting blends tangy cream cheese with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg for a smooth, holiday-spiced finish that spreads like a dream. Perfect for gingerbread loaf, cupcakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls, it mixes up in minutes.
Why This Frosting Works
Real gingerbread flavor – Because we use molasses and warm spices like ginger and cinnamon, you get a true gingerbread flavor.
Silky, spreadable texture – The cream cheese and butter come together to create the perfect spreadable texture, not gloopy or runny.
Fast – This gingerbread cream cheese frosting in made in one bowl, in only ten minutes with no special tools.
Recipe Essentials
This gingerbread cream cheese frosting comes together with just a handful of ingredients and spices. A full list of ingredients with measurements for this recipe is available in the printable recipe card below.
- Cream cheese – Because this is a cream cheese frosting, we need cream cheese right? I like to use full fat cream cheese and make sure it is room temperature.
Mix Things Up!
You can change up this frosting any way you’d like, but here are a few suggestions.
- Orange-Ginger: Orange is a flavor that complements ginger very well. Add 1 tsp of fresh orange zest to give it a citrusy flair.
- Maple-Gingerbread: Add some warmth and extra sweetness to your frosting by swapping the milk with maple syrup.
- Extra-Tangy: If the tanginess of cream cheese frosting is your favorite part, add extra tang by adding ½ tsp lemon juice to brighten.
How to Use it
If you’re crazy like me, you’ll love this gingerbread cream cheese frosting so much you’ll want to eat it by the spoonful! But of course, it tastes great on any number of baked goods too.
I like to use it on my gingerbread loaf cake, gingerbread snack cake, vanilla cupcakes or really any other type of cake or cupcake you can think of. Try using it as a filling between two gingerbread cookies, or even on top of freshly baked cinnamon rolls.
More Gingerbread Spiced Recipes
My all time favorite Christmas flavor is gingerbread! Here are a few of my favorite recipes that celebrate that.
Gingerbread Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces full-fat brick cream cheese , room temp
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , room temp
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1-2 teaspoons milk , if needed
Instructions
- Cream together the softened 4 ounces full-fat brick cream cheese and 1/2 cup unsalted butter until smooth.
- Add the 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar until smooth.
- Beat in the 1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves and 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg.
- Add 1-2 teaspoons milk if the consistency needs to be thinner for spreading.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the star comments and ratings.
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