Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This cream cheese frosting is downright dreamy! It's silky smooth, perfectly sweet, and everything that's right in life. Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and cinnamon rolls.
Equipment
- Stand Mixer with the Paddle Attachment or a hand mixer
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter (1 stick) room temperature* (4 ounces)
- 4 oz Full Fat Cream Cheese half a block
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. This will ensure the cream cheese and butter emulsify with no lumps especially if your butter is on the cold side.
- Add cream cheese and vanilla and beat for 1 more minute. Scrape the bowl with a spatula.
- Add 1 ½ cups of the powdered sugar. Beat on low for 5 seconds so the sugar doesn't poof out of the bowl. Beat on medium high for 1 minute.
- Add 1 ½ cups of powdered sugar and beat on low for 5 more seconds. Beat on medium high for 1 more minute.
- Use frosting to pipe onto cupcakes.*
Notes
*If your butter is still cold, simply microwave it 5 seconds at a time until easily pressed into. It is better to be a little on the cold side than on the melty side. I usually microwave butter right out of the fridge for 10 seconds and no longer.
*If you need to frost and fill an 8 inch cake I would double this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 326kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 1gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 137mgPotassium: 23mgSugar: 45gVitamin A: 545IUCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.04mg
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