Glorious Treats Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter (set at room temp about 10 minutes, but should still be cool)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (directly from fridge)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (always use pure vanilla extract if possible)
- 4 cups powdered confectioners' sugar
- 1 -4 1 -4 tablespoon heavy whipping cream (I do like the richness that cream adds) or 1 -4 tablespoon milk (I do like the richness that cream adds)
directions
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Directions:
- *Place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Add cream cheese and blend until fully combined and smooth, about 30 seconds.
- *Add vanilla extract and powdered sugar and blend on low speed until combined. Increase to medium speed and beat until it begins to get fluffy.
- *Slowly add the heavy cream, a little bit at a time until desired consistency is met. (Don’t add too much if you want the frosting to stay in place when piped on cupcakes.).
- *Beat until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- *Use at once or keep refrigerated. (This frosting will keep well in the refrigerator for several days, but you may need to re-beat it for the best texture.).
- The recipe above will produce a delicious VANILLA flavored frosting, here are a couple of other options to try….
- For a Stronger Cream Cheese Flavor: Use an additional 4 oz. (½ block) of cream cheese. This is good for any cake/cupcake recipe that is traditionally topped with Cream Cheese Frosting, like Carrot Cake, or Red Velvet Cake.
- For Chocolate Frosting: (my favorite!) add ½ cup unsweetened cocoa (I use Ghirardelli brand, it’s really good). Add the cocoa powder before adding the powdered sugar, so it gets fully incorporated into the butter and cream cheese.
- Recipe by GloriousTreats.com.
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