Friday, January 13, 2012
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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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14 Responses to “Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake”

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    Steph — November 28, 2012 at 7:39 am

    This is heavenly!!!

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — November 28, 2012 at 8:42 am

    This looks amazing!

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    Bee — November 28, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    I LOVE Boston Cream pie, and I do love the custard filling but… I never turn down a good cheesecake! This is lovely.

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    Ana Fleischmann — November 28, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    OMG, it looks SO scrumptious! Trying it very soon!!

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    Mal — November 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    Yum! I’d love a slice of this right now

    Mal @ The Chic Geek

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    Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — November 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Yours looks fantastic! So funny we both had a similar idea.

    • beantownbaker — November 28th, 2012 @ 9:34 pm

      I know! It’s always crazy when stuff like that happens.

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    Tim — November 29, 2012 at 6:59 am

    Being from Boston, I appreciate this Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake!

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    Shannon G — November 29, 2012 at 10:51 am

    such a great-looking dessert! great minds 😉

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    Megan — November 29, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    That looks amazing. I love pastry cream and am kind of surprised you don’t like it… even really good pastry cream? (There’s a lot of bad pastry cream out there.)

    • beantownbaker — November 30th, 2012 @ 10:38 am

      Yea, it’s really a texture thing for me. I don’t like yogurt for the same reason. Although, maybe I’ve just never had good pastry cream…

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    Tracy — December 3, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    I love the look of this pie/cake! Seeing the sponge layers and the cheesecake layer makes for an impressive looking cake!

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    zahraa saab — May 13, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    Hi there ! I was wondering after refrigerating the cheesecake overnight, how much do i have to freeze it for ??? Thank u ! 🙂

    • beantownbaker — May 17th, 2014 @ 6:10 pm

      Just for a couple hours. It is just to make it more firm.

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