Cream cheese
Cream cheese is a creamy, mild cheese with a slightly tangy flavour and a spreadable consistency. It is commonly used as a spread for bread, in dips, and sauces. It is particularly popular as a key ingredient for cheesecakes and other desserts. It is available plain or with various herb and spice preparations.
Cream cheese is used in a versatile manner across recipes: it is a key ingredient for sweet baked goods such as 'Solero Cake' and 'NY Cheesecake Muffins', often combined with sugar and eggs. Simultaneously, it forms the base for savoury spreads like 'Feta Cream Cheese Spread' and dips, where it is seasoned with salt, garlic, and black pepper. It also features in pasta dishes and breakfast items.
Vegan substitutes
In vegan cooking, Plant-based alternatives made from cashews, almonds, or soy offer a similar creaminess and can be used in many versatile ways. work well as an alternative to Cream cheese. Cream cheese is a dairy product and therefore suitable for vegetarians.
Often combined with
Ingredients that, besides Salt, frequently appear together with Cream cheese in public recipes.
Recipes with Cream cheese
Recipes featuring cream cheese are strongly divided between savoury and sweet categories. It is particularly popular for 'Cake' and 'Layer cake' within 'Baking' and 'Sweet' categories, often for 'Coffee & cakes'. Concurrently, it is used for 'Spread' and 'Dip' in the 'Savory' category and as 'Snacks'. The high number of vegetarian recipes is relevant for its savoury applications.
There are 42 public recipes with this ingredient in total.
Recipe statistics Cream cheese
Cream cheese is used in 52 recipes.