Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature; confectioners' sugar, sifted; 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest; 2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

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Recipe by Ceezie

This is enough for one cake. It would be great on lots of different cakes but I usually use it on carrot cake.

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READY IN: 10mins

YIELD: 1 cake

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

³⁄₄

cup unsalted butter, room temperature
confectioners' sugar, sifted
1

tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
2

tablespoons freshly grated ginger
1

pinch salt
1

teaspoon vanilla (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Place butter in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese, and beat until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes more. Add sugar, orange zest, ginger, and salt, and beat for 5 minutes. This is where you would add the vanilla as well.

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