Cream cheese frosting can be tricky at times to pipe since it’s so creamy. If you’re tired of vanilla buttercream always being your go-to for cake decorating, then you’ll be happy to learn that you can achieve a thick enough cream cheese frosting to replace it. What’s important to note here is that you need to use a block of full-fat cream cheese (not low-fat, and definitely not cream cheese spread that you buy in a tub - there’s a big difference to the outcome for piping purposes!).  The blocks of cream cheese will give you thick and sturdy cream cheese frosting that you can use to pipe decorative patterns or designs onto your cakes and cupcakes!