Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted 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."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 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)

directions

1. 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.