Aunt Marianne's Old-Fashioned Buttercream Cream Cheese Icing

Goes with Aunt Marianne's Carrot Cake.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 1
• Yields: 1 batch

Ingredients

• 2  egg whites
• 1⁄4 cup icing sugar
• 5  ounces  soft butter
• 4  ounces  soft vegetable shortening
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4  ounces cream cheese

Directions

1. Whip the egg whites until stiff.
2. Add the icing sugar. Mix.
3. Add butter, mix.
4. Add shortening, mix.
5. Add vanilla, mix.
6. Add cream cheese, blend.
7. Instant icing!