Does the color of cream cheese frosting have any strong yellow hue to it? I need it to be as white as possible and can I place an edible image on it AND (one more thing 
) can I color the icing without it drastically changing the color I am trying to achieve and the taste!!!!!!
I know this should be a big duh for me but I am making the 99th Nurse Corps birthday cake for this coming friday the 11th and I am making a spice cake with a cream cheese filling and a cream cheese icing. I have only ever used buttercream. I have made this cake/filling combo before but with buttercream. I just want to try cream cheese frosting this time. OR, do you think it will be too much cream cheese?
WHEW!!!!!! 
Amy
Sorry wish I could help. I use buttercream mostly. I hope someone can help you. Good luck!
I just finished a baby shower cake with crusting cream cheese frosting. It only has an ivory color-sorta off white. Not sure how to make it white white. My only problem I had was it was sooooo humid yesterday, I had to turn on my AC to keep it firm enough to work with. Hope that is some help.
Thank you so much for the replies!!!!!
I am going to just keep it white or off white I guess and color some yellow and blue for flowers. Maybe some red too. I bet it held the red really well for the McQueen cake!!!!
The ceremony for the Nurse Corps birthday will be at 0730 so it will definately be cool.
Again, thank you all so much.
BTW,
Nattyk, would you mind sharing the recipe you used??? 
I would love to try it!
Amy
It's the one here on CC
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2047-0-Crusting-Cream-Cheese-Icing.html
let me know how it turns out.
I have added wilton icing whitener to cc icing with good success. you could also try using a **touch** of violet to offset the yellow color.
Paddle the crap out of the icing and it will get a little whiter. Mine is the same tone as my all-butter buttercreams so no biggie for me. Yes, it will work fine with the edible image and you shouldn't notice a difference when coloring it. Also, i think it will not be too much cream cheese taste.
Thank you for the suggestion of the whitener! I have some so I'll give it a try.
Kory, also thank you the suggestion of paddling the crap out of it. 
I do notice that icing tends to whiten a bit when "beaten" to death!!! Just have to watch out for the air pockets.
I'm happy it will work with the edible image. I just didn't want a disaster on my hands so that's why I polled ya'll!
Thank you ever so much. I have to make the flowers for the cake tomorrow. The cake is for Friday. Gotta have the flowers ready to go!!!
Amy
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