Professional Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting
"This is the best recipe for taste, presentation and easy for decorating, borders, cupcakes, cakes and such! This yields A LOT!! This works very well with KitchenAids mixers that really make a difference in outcome of frosting! If needed, add a little milk or water to thin out but KA's help, really don't need it. Very stable and can withstand room temp!!"
photo by Holly C.
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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36
ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter (softened)
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 16 ounces cream cheese (softened, cut-up)
- 4 lbs confectioners' sugar (powdered)
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons clear vanilla extract
- salt
directions
- In a large bowl (or KA Mixer) cream together shortening and butter.
- Stop and scrape down, start again till creamy.
- Add cut-up cream cheese and cream again, scraping down sides till fluffy on high.
- Add vanilla extract and blend.
- Add at time confectioner's sugar, starting on low speed as to not spray sugar all over, then increase speed till blended each time and scrape down each time.
- You may add salt if you need to.
- Turn on high speed for 15 minutes to make frosting blended, smooth and fluffy.
- Also you may have to chill frosting after completed.
Questions & Replies
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can anyone tell me about how many cups that this recipe yields?
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How long can this icing stay out at room temp. -
How many cups of frosting does this recipe make? -
4pounds of powdered sugar? Cam someone confirm that? Mine is very thick after mixing 5minutes
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I want to make a rosette cake and wondered if this recipe would hold up to rosettes all over the top and sides of the cake?
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Reviews
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I was looking for a good buttercream that wasn't too sweet, and this is it! I had 3 oz. of cream cheese, so I sized this recipe down to use that, and had enough frosting to cover 12 chocolate cup cakes perfectly. This has great taste, and holds up well. It is great for decorating! I really like how well it came together after a good beating in my stand mixer, and I loved that I could wash up some dishes while this was whipping away (with just a quick scrape down every so often). Thanks for posting, I think I'll use this for decorating my kids' birthday cakes! -
I love th is frosting! Used it for my son's wedding cake and it turned out beautiful! -
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I made this frosting this evening and the taste and texture was good. I did not use all 4lbs of powdered sugar as I didn't want the frosting to be super sweet. Definitely use at least three pounds because the texture of the frosting gets thicker and easier to ice with the more you add. I will definitely be using this recipe again!
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this tastes good but unlike everyone else, mine came our quite runny. i was afraid of how long it said to beat it because cream cheese breaks down so easy. i wanted to pipe details - nothing delicate but i needed it to hold shape. we'll see after refrigerating it a good bit how it goes, but i don't like the idea of it melting while waiting to serve it.
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I really liked it excpt it makes a whole lot more then i need and i had to add milk to it because it was so thick.
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Tweaks
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The only thing I did different was added a tiny bit of lilac food coloring to make it a more white frosting :)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I am a single mother of a terrific six-year old little girl who is a finicky eater. I love to cook, bake, etc. but I am always dieting, so I don't make my favorite foods unless its special occasions. I am known for my famous decadent pastries, baked goods, especially CHOCOLATE!!! Any recipe I can do unless I don't have the tools. I love to collect antiques even old cookie molds that I use for my baking as well as a vintage clothing collector. I am a martha stewart at home, love to create and be artistic. I have lately been creative with recipes trying to create healthy, diet dishes that are tastey and not going on the waist with much success that also don't mess with my blood sugar and getting rave reviews from people in the local gym I attend.
My Favorite things to cook:
Anything my late Mother used to make for us kids (well, almost..still don't like liver!). I wish I had her cookbook but it was lost in a move years ago. I love making all slovak dishes my mother used to make and do it just from my head from watching her over the years in the kitchen. I hope I pass this to my daughter as well.
My Family cooking traditions:
Growing up in a european home, the tradition is in the kitchen, if you want to learn how to cook is to sit and watch. This was told to me by my mother as she was told to by her grandmother the same for generations. That's how they become such great cooks that no one could match.
My Cooking triumphs:
Anytime I make bakery for special occasion, the satisfaction is the smiles on their faces. I have a reputation to keep up for my sweets!! For one function I attend, they always expect me to bring a rich, decadent chocolate dessert which every year is different from the last!!!
Cooking BooBoos':
no sugar chocolates..oops!
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