I'm still pretty new to making cakes, I'm making a cake for my friends son and she said she wants chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. She also wants me to pipe thomas the train on it. I've never colored cream cheese frosting , I don't even know if you could... or could I could pipe a buttercream character over the cream cheese frosting?

UGHHH someone help me! lol

This is the recipe I use for buttercream on all my cakes. It has cream cheese in it and while it technically isn't a 'cream cheese' frosting, it tastes fabulous on just about any kind of cake. It crusts well and colors well. I layer and smooth on my buttercream (refrigerating between layers so it hardens) and then only add colored BC at the last so as not to have colored lips & tongues and (depending upon how much color you use) a funky flavor that colored icing sometimes has.
2 sticks (8 ounces) real butter at room temp
1 pkg (8 ounces) cream cheese at room temp
Cream together in mixer until smooth and creamy then slowly add
a 2lb package of powdered sugar. Mix until smooth. Add liquid only if you need to. You can check out my photos. The only cakes that don't have this frosting are the chocolate ones. I worked at a bakery and this was the frosting they used. HTH!

you can color cream cheese frosting!! i do it all the time.i would definitely use gel color and not liquid food coloring

ACarmijok i need a cream cheese frosting that will hold shape better. I saw your recipe. Does it taste like cream cheese frosting? I have a cake for clients who are very picky with icing as they dont want too thick and sweet.

Hi,

I was so excited when I came across your recipe . Hopefully you will be able to answer before my cake is due. so from what I understand you basically crumbcoat with the icing that is white and then when ready to cover last with icing you then add color to the icing ?

Thank you so very much,

Nilda

from San Antonio, Texas

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Yes, I do the same thing.  I crumb coat and then initial ice in white buttercream.  Once that is firm, I add a layer of colored frosting....if it's a deep/dark color - true red, blue, black, dark green....less colorful mouths at the party :)  If it's a lighter color, I'll do the whole cake in that color (like baby shower cakes are usually pastel, so the color isn't too bad :)