Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted by The Joys of Cupcakes

"I need a frosting go go onto the best mini pumpkin cupcakes ever! I even amazed myself. Lol so looking through all of the recipes i finally decided on a lite cream cheese frosting. I Didn't want it to be to heavy or sweet. Because i wanted to cupcakes to stand on their own, they were so yummy and moist. So after searching i kind of took from different ideas. And made it my own. So here it is!!!"

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 24 2-3 tier cake
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 16 ounces cream cheese frosting
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• cinnamon

directions

1. Whip soften butter and vanilla till well creamed.
2. Ad 1/2 of soft cream cheese till blended then ad other half.
3. Whip till well creamed.
4. Ad in quarters of the confectioners sugar.
5. And milk back and forth with sugar till well blended.
6. Ad heavy cream to desired thickness.
7. Add cinnamon in it or sprinkle on top to taste (optional).
8. I blended a bit into frosting, so yummy.
9. Should be thickness of frosting for piping or spreading on cake.
10. Can use as filling in cupcakes or muffins as well, just double recipe.
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