Cream cheese filling

A sweet, creamy filling of cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla, used in Danish pastries, swirl brownies, crêpes and rolls.

Cream cheese filling: A Danish pastry cut open to show a creamy cream cheese filling, a bowl of the filling beside it
  • Fillings, creams, frostings and sauces

For baked fillings, cream cheese is beaten with sugar and often an egg yolk and a little flour or cornstarch so it sets in the oven without running. Unbaked fillings for cannoli-style desserts or crêpes are often lightened with whipped cream.

Softened block cream cheese gives the smoothest result.

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Written by VanillaGoods in our own words from these sources. Last reviewed October 15, 2026.

  1. Cream cheese filling (Q426337), Wikidata