My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting

Friday, January 13, 2012

My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream cheese frosting makes everything better. This recipe has appears on my blog so many times, I decided it deserves it’s own post. I’ve used it to top cinnamon rolls, Oreo cupcakes, Carrot Cake Cheesecake, and everything in between.

When you’re making cream cheese frosting, make sure you give the cream cheese enough time to come to room temperature. If it’s still cold, the frosting will be clumpy. And no one likes clumpy frosting! I usually set mine out at least 2 hours prior to whipping up the frosting.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

This is my go-to cream cheese frosting. It will make enough frosting for 12 cupcakes and can easily be doubled.

Yield: 1 cup (enough to frost 12 cupcakes)

Ingredients:

4 oz cream cheese at room temp
1/2 stick (4 Tbsp) butter at room temp
1/2 Tbsp vanilla
1 1/2-2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

Place the cream cheese in the bowl of your mixer. Beat on medium-high until completely smooth, 3-4 minutes. Add the butter and continue to cream until fluffy.

Add vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar (1/4 cup at a time) until desired consistency is reached.

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8 comments »

8 Responses to “Cannoli Ice Cream”

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Mal @ The Chic Geek — September 27, 2013 at 2:02 pm

This sounds so amazing!
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Nutmeg Nanny — September 27, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Mouth watering 🙂 I love cannolis and I am sure my husband and I would finish this ice cream off quick!!
- beantownbaker — September 28th, 2013 @ 10:04 am
  
  I bet you would love it. And I’m sure you could find a bakery who would sell you cannoli shells. I couldn’t find anything in Cincinnati and I didn’t have time to make any, so I had to go with store bought…
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Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — September 29, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Genius! I love the idea of this ice cream, I would hoard this for myself!!! Looks absolutely sinful!
- beantownbaker — September 29th, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
  
  Hehe, I know what you mean. Sometimes I hide desserts in the freezer and don’t tell Hubby where they went 😉
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Michelle — October 4, 2013 at 3:31 pm

It was so delicious. I might try and make it soon.
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Shannon — October 20, 2013 at 5:14 pm
oh man, i am so trying this!!! I love the filing of cannolis but could take or leave the shell, so I think this would be perfect 🙂
- beantownbaker — October 23rd, 2013 @ 12:26 am
  
  I’m sure you would love this – you could even leave out the shell pieces if you wanted to.

My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting