How to Make Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting

Dessert, Gluten-Free, Healthy, Vegan

When you decide to eat healthier, it can be very hard to give up certain foods. That was the case for me and red velvet cupcakes. Why must they taste so good?!? While I was able to healthy-fy the cupcake part and come up with a healthy red velvet cake alternative, I struggled with finding a healthy substitute for cream cheese frosting.  Until now…

This is a light version of cream cheese frosting made with cashews, dates and lemon juice. It’s free of dairy and sugar. So anyone regardless of their diet can enjoy it. Oh, and did I mention that it’s also raw vegan? Double win!

Cashew Cream Cheese FrostingI love the fact that you only use natural, nutrient-rich ingredients for the icing. Raw cashews are a great source of iron, protein, magnesium and essential antioxidants and help to prevent cancer, heart diseases and improve hair and skin health. Dates are just as awesome in the health benefits department! They provide relief from constipation, heart problems, anemia and many other health-related problems.

Raw Cashew FrostingWait a minute. If this is a healthy cream cheese frosting, where is the cream cheese? Turns out you don’t need it! When blended, raw cashews look and taste very similar to the traditional and beloved (but oh so unhealthy) icing.

Vegan Cream Cheese FrostingMake sure to soak your cashews for at least 2-3 hours prior to making the frosting. Personally, I like to soak nuts overnight. So that when I wake up, I’m all ready to make my delicious dessert. Soaking allows to remove byproducts, acids and enzymes, making the nuts easier to digest. I think it even makes nuts taste better.

Healthy Cream Cheese FrostingI’ve used this cashew frosting to make carrot cake before, and it works like a charm. It’s also perfect for decorating carrot cake cupcakes. My friend, Lainey, from SimplyBakings shared her recipe for carrot cake cupcakes with me. I combined the two recipes to create these heavenly treats.

Healthy Raw Cream Cheese FrostingI recreated Lainey’s cupcakes using spelt flour, coconut oil and coconut palm sugar. They turned out AMAZE BEANS!

How to Make Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Serves: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
  • 2 cups raw cashews
  • ½ cup dates
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • pinch of sea salt
  • water as needed
Directions
  1. Soak cashews in 4 cups of water for at least 2 hours prior to making the frosting.
  2. Blend all ingredients in a high speed blender or food processor until smooth. Add water if needed to reach the desired consistency.
  3. Refrigerate until needed.

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Comments

  3. You’re so cute! Too bad I don’t have a food processor and can’t afford it
    but as soon as I can, I’ll be trying this frosting. Nomnomnom! I’d love to
    see some cake recipes or fruit pies, I love fruit pies and cakes, that
    would be amazing if you had ideas. Missed you! =)

  4. Thanks so much for teaming up with me to make these delicious and healthy
    cream cheese frosting with carrot cake cupcakes!! Let’s do this again!! <3

  5. Whoop whoop! I can’t wait to try this one! Thank youuuuu Olga
    You r amazing 🙂

  9. Luce tan delicioso!! Quiero probarlo, definitivamente voy a tratar!!
    Gracias por compartir Olga. Un abrazo gigante!!

  12. YES! THANK YOU! Before I became a vegan my favourite frosting was cream
    cheese frosting! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

  16. what I would love to see is what your channel was originally about, which
    was mostly healthy lunches, bento style lunches. Way back that is how I
    found you and that is why I subbed.

  22. Wonderful as always! I’m in love with this recipe (cashews are my
    favorite!!)!

  23. Hi Olga, thank you for sharing 🙂 I’m going to try it soon, it looks
    delicious! Could you please record more videos about healthy lunch time
    recipes? Because so many times I am on the go, so they would be really
    helpful. Thank you hun. xx

  25. Great example of collaboration & cross-promotion and a yummy healthy
    recipe! 🙂

  28. We like your channel and for this reason we’ve decided to subscribe
    it!!!!!!!! Good job!!!!!!! Bye bye from two italian chefs!!!!!!

  31. Hi Fabunch! Thank you very much for tis healthy frosting recipe! I loved
    it. 🙂 Can you please answer my question? Can I use milk at the end
    instead of water? I really appreciate your answer. Thank you. ( Another new
    subscriber too!)

  33. What a great idea. I will definitely try this. As a nanny I love having a
    recipe that is dairy free and healthy option for the kids that I care for.
    Also will be using this for my gingerbread over the holidays.

  36. Hi. Just discovered you and I’m loving all of your recipes. Thank you for sharing and keep up the fantastic work!

    Did you omit the eggs when you recreated Lainey’s carrot cupcakes?