Cream Cheese Frosting

This Cream Cheese Frosting is your only guide to making the perfect frosting every time. This delicious frosting can pair with baking, such as carrot cake, red velvet cake, banana bread, etc.

About This Recipe

• This recipe is easy to make, delicious, and creamy with a slight tanginess.
• This recipe shows you how to avoid having a runny frosting with easy step-by-step instructions.
• Ingredients are basic and easy to prepare.
• The list of ingredients goes as follows: Room-temperature cream cheese, Room-temperature butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
• Let's talk about the cream cheese a bit. Cream cheese in any recipe should be at room temperature. This includes cheesecakes, frosting, etc. The softer the cream cheese, the creamier the result will be with no lumps. I put my cream cheese out of the fridge the night before.
• One important note about this ingredient is; Always use the bar cream cheese, not the tub. Tub cream cheese is a breakfast spread and not suitable for frosting.
• Make sure to sift the powdered sugar to prevent any lumpy result.
• I prefer clear vanilla extract to have a bright frosting, but pure vanilla extract is fine.
• The SECRET to a creamy and stable Cream Cheese Frosting is not to mix the cream cheese and the powdered sugar first. Adding the sugar first makes the frosting soft and runny, and that is because the water content in the sugar adds moisture to the cheese.

How To Make Cream Cheese Frosting

• As I mentioned, put the cream cheese and butter out of the fridge a few hours before making this recipe.
• Start beating the butter with the paddle attachment or hand attachment until it is broken, light in colour and fluffy. Take your time with this step.
• Mix in the cream cheese well until the mixture is smooth and creamy for 2 minutes. Do not overmix.
• Start adding the powdered sugar in a ¼ cup at a time, and mix well before each addition.
• At last, add the vanilla extract. I want to keep my frosting as bright as possible and add clear extract, but pure vanilla extract works well.
• Now, you can use this frosting to decorate a cake or pipe on cupcakes.

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