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.

Dessert, Frosting, Go-To Recipes

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13 Responses to “Funfetti Chocolate Chip Cookies”

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Eva @ Eva Bakes — March 4, 2013 at 8:50 am
These are so festive – love them!
- beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
  
  Sprinkles make everything festive 🙂
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Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — March 4, 2013 at 12:31 pm
What festive looking cookies! Looks fantastic!
- beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
  
  Thanks! Love your new picture!
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Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — March 4, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Love that you were able to adapt them from an already favorite cookie
- beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
  
  I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve adapted those cookies to fit my needs. They’re awesome.
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bETH — March 6, 2013 at 10:06 am
Mixed the dough last night, can’t wait to get home and bake these tonight!
- beantownbaker — March 6th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm
  
  Yay! I hope you love them 🙂
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Vera Zecevic-Cupcakes Garden — March 7, 2013 at 10:22 am

I’m a huge fan of all sorts of cookies, I am always glad to find new,creative recipe.
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Sues — March 8, 2013 at 7:48 am
I love making Funfetti cookies, but have never added chocolate/white chocolate chips. The more the merrier!! 🙂 And they’re super pretty!
- beantownbaker — March 9th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm
  
  Thanks! Funfetti makes everything better.
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Katie — September 4, 2017 at 12:35 pm

Can this dough be frozen?
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google — June 14, 2025 at 11:55 pm

Wonderful write-up… This is very insightful.
Keep up the good work