I wasnt sure since it didn't have milk in it. Once again "thank you"
I have also made my regular buttercream (no butter, just criscoe) and used Lorann's cheesecake flavoring instead of vanilla! It tastes wonderful, and doesn't need refrigeration!
Marilyn
Yes, you can decorate with crusting cream cheese frosting, but it will be softer than regular buttercream, and I usually have to keep putting the icing and the cake in the fridge for a few minutes while I am decorating because the heat from my hands warms up the icing in the bag. And, I usually leave the decorated cake in the fridge until just before it's time to serve. Hope this helps.
Marilyn
Dumb question i'm sure but here goes. What is Lorann's cheesecake flavoring, can i buy it and where?
I purchase Lorann's flavoring at my local cake supply shop here in Houston. They have wonderful flavorings! Besides cheesecake, I loke to use toffee also! You might want to check your local shops, or you could buy them online. Hope this helps!
Cream cheese is a dairy product, like milk, which needs
refrigeration.
If real cream cheese is used in the buttercream, it would most definitely require refrigeration. But, like I said above, you can make buttercream with all Crisco, no butter, and use the cheesecake flavoring, for a buttercream that does NOT need to be refrigerated. It is a good alternative for when refrigeration is not an option or not available at the set-up site.
Thanks,
Marilyn
I've mixed some cheesecake pudding mix (just the powder) into my buttercream and that taste's good too. Using an all crisco buttercream recipe, it won't require refrigeration. 
cream cheese and icing made with cream cheese can sit out of temperature that is above forty degrees for a total of four hours -- this is accumulative meaning if it takes an hour to get it home from the store you have three hours (plus the time it takes to get it back to forty degrees In a fridge that might be being opened and closed a lot)
then if it takes 30 minutes to get it to room temp so you can mix it without clumping you have two and a half hours left -- then if it takes an hour to make the icing and frost the cake you have an hour & a half left then if it's a half hour delivery you have an hour left unless i subtracted wrong somewhere :)
however if you make a delicious buttercream with butter and cream and vanilla and add some vinegar ("what?!" you say, " vinegar!?") yes some vinegar because it mimics the nice tart quality of cream cheese and no refrigeration required -- apple cider vinegar is good and white balsamic is better --
best and safest baking to you
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