I'm making a two tiered Valentine's Day Cake with one strawberry tier and one red velvet tier. I am looking for a recipe (or possibly 2) for icing on these cakes. I'm not sure how well a buttercream icing would go with these cakes(which is what I would normally use). I have tried a cream cheese recipe but it was WAY to hard to decorate with it kept melting and running, obviously it wasn't stable enough. So if anyone has any suggestions on icing recipes for these cakes that will be manageable to decorate with (and still yummy of course) I would greatly appreciate the help.

http://cakecentral.com/recipes/4153/decorators-cream-cheese-frosting

I usually use the Decorator's Cream Cheese recipe http://cakecentral.com/recipes/4153/decorators-cream-cheese-frosting Sometimes I'll add more PS if I need it stiffer.

I think strawberry cream cheese would be yummy. Also, you should have time to order some Butavan flavoring. Just google it b/c the website gets blocked from CC. It's a richer buttery flavoring that is just YUM!!!! And my most resquested (however I just ordered some Wedding Bouquet & we'll see if it's all the rave). Another option would be chocolate. I think I would like a lighter chocolate (maybe whipped) b/c both RV & Strawberry can be heavy cakes. I know chocolate & strawberries go together & RV has a hint of chocolate, so don't see why it shouldn't.

I was going to say cream cheese (goes great with both), but I see you already tried. How about a good vanilla flavor? Maybe a good, strong, creamy vanilla icing (imagine vanilla ice cream) can work for both?

I use a classic buttercream with a 1/4 cup cream cheese. It's just enough for a hint of cream cheese taste without messing up the consistancy of the buttercream.

i agree use the decorators cream cheese icing, it's good and works well. I too would sub strawberry cream cheese for the regular if they don't mind a pink tinted icing!

One of my most requested cakes is a strawberry margarita cake. I admit to being a doctored cake mix caker, so for this I use a strawberry cake mix (usually DH) and substitute some margarita mix for the water. The DH mix calls for 1 1/3 cup of water so I use 2/3 cup water and 2/3 cup margarita mix. I will also add the margarita mix as flavoring in my BC icing, instead of vanilla or almond. This goes well with the cake, and I always get rave reviews for it.

White chocolate butterceram would work as a good alternative to cream cheese.

Dreamy creamy white chocolate cream cheese frosting is my fave with red velvet cake! (scroll down from the cake). I dont' use this cake recipe, though it is good. I just prefer Chef Stef's: But this icing is AMAZING!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000407551

thank you so much for all the replies. Now I need to get to work checking out all these great suggestions.

For red velvet, I use cream cheese icing for the filling and smbc for the exterior. The best of both worlds.