Sugar Free Frosting {With Cream Cheese}

Quick and easy sugar free frosting recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Uses sugar free powdered sugar and cream cheese to make it rich, fluffy, creamy. Perfect for spreading on cakes, piping on cupcakes and cake decorating.

It's taken me years to perfect this recipe that is slightly better for diabetics. It pairs very well with my Sugar Free Chocolate Cupcakes. You can also use it on cakes and brownies and all other types of desserts. For me, it will never taste as good as my favorite classic American Buttercream Frosting. I feel like sugar free sweeteners have a subtle taste and I am just not used to that. However, this icing came very close in texture and flavor to my classic recipe that holds its shape, is easy to pipe and spread on desserts.

Jump to:

• Key ingredients
• How to make easy sugar free frosting without powdered sugar?
• How can I thicken frosting without sugar?
• Variations
• Tips and techniques
• Recipe FAQs
• More frosting recipes
• Recipe

Key ingredients

How to make easy sugar free frosting without powdered sugar?

How can I thicken frosting without sugar?

• Use sugar free powdered sugar- Swerve confectioners sugar is great and I highly recommend it. You can also prepare homemade sugar free powdered sugar, which is made with Splenda. Add more powdered sugar and and whip until frosting is thickened to desired consistency.
• Use less liquid- Lower the quantities of milk or vanilla extract to maintain the thick texture.
• Use meringue powder- This is dried egg white powder and add 1.5 tablespoon should make the frosting more stable and thick.
• Use cornstarch- Add 1- 2 tablespoon and whip again until frosting thickens.

Variations

• Chocolate flavor- Add ¼ unsweetened cocoa powder. You will also have to add more milk to create the perfect consistency. Adjust the amount of amount of powdered sugar, based on your preference.
• Try other extracts.
• Mix in some zest.

Tips and techniques

• Whipping makes the frosting more fluffy and creamy. Be sure to whip for 2-3 minutes.
• If the icing is too thick, thin it out by adding a little milk.
• If the icing is too thin, add more sugar free powdered sugar to thicken it.
• Chill frosting for 20 minutes in the fridge so that it firms up even more and that makes it easier to pipe.
• You can buy Swerve confectioners sugar from Amazon.
• Please use Philadelphia full fat cream cheese because it's richer and thicker than the generic brands I have tried.

Recipe FAQs

More frosting recipes

• Maraschino Cherry Frosting (Pink)
• Easy Marshmallow Frosting (With Fluff)
• Easy Orange Frosting (Buttercream Icing)
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (Ermine)
• Cooked Flour Buttercream (Ermine Frosting)
• Blackberry Buttercream Frosting (Easy)
• Strawberry Buttercream Frosting (With Fresh Strawberries)
• Best Cream Cheese Frosting (Stable)
• White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (2 Ingredients)
• Seven Minute Frosting (Egg White Icing)
• Coconut Cream Chocolate Frosting
• Easy Mango Frosting (Buttercream)

Recipe