Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting recipe idea for icing cakes or cupcakes. An easy recipe with powdered sugar, butter and cream cheese.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Whip up this vanilla cream cheese frosting icing recipe for frosting your cakes or cup cakes. An easy idea that tastes delicious and goes so well with carrot cakes or cupcakes. Not that sweet but has some butter in. A No Bake recipe idea that is versatile for all desserts.

What is cream cheese frosting made of?

Well of course cream cheese frosting is made with cream cheese and butter, vanilla extract for the flavor and some added fine powdered or icing sugars. This recipe has only four ingredients and goes very well with carrot cakes.

Why add butter to cream cheese icing?

We add soft butter to the cream cheese so it brings a smoother consistency to the frosting and ices easily on cakes and cup cakes. Give the frosting a lovely tangy taste.

How do I make my cream cheese frosting thicker?

If you would prefer to make your cream cheese thicker then add some icing sugar or powdered sugar in a little at a time for sweetness and it will give it a thicker consistency.

What makes cream cheese frosting runny?

If you overmix the cream cheese it will course the water in the cream cheese to separate and this is what makes the cream cheese runny. If you need to keep it firmer store in the fridge until served. It is cream cheese and will melt at room temperature.

Can you freeze cream cheese?

Cream cheese is a staple in any home and used for many reasons. Used as a spread on breads or toasts as well as banana loaves and other cake loaves. You can store you cream cheese in the fridge at the coldest back of the fridge and it will last at least a month. But you can freeze cream cheese for up to three months.

Ingredients

1. cream cheese (room temperature)
2. soft salted butter
3. vanilla extract
4. icing sugar or powdered sugar

Get the amounts for the ingredients and the full instructions in the recipe attached. The recipe is downloadable and printable. Best of all you can use it online with the cook mode and the screen will not darken. YAY!

How To

In a medium bowl beat cream cheese, soft butter and vanilla extract, until smooth. But do not over mix the cream cheese as it will separate the water from the cream cheese and this will make the frosting much more runny.

Add powdered sugar gradually until combined and smooth. Powdered fine sugar and icing sugar will add a little sweetness to this frosting. But it will also thicken the icing and make it better to spread over the cakes and the cup cakes.

Ice or frost your cake or cupcakes with this easy cream cheese frosting and serve for a dessert.

Cream cheese frosting is known to taste the best with carrot cakes, banana cakes and red velvet cakes.

It is rich and creamy and gives a tangy flavor, but is enhanced with the vanilla extract, and sweetened a little with icing sugar.

Cream cheese frosting is thick and creamy and holds well when piped on cupcakes. Keeps its shape when stored in the fridge as it will melt at room temperature.

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