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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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8 Responses to “Margarita Cupcakes”

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    Megan — March 28, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    These sound great! I am bookmarking them to make for a bachelorette party this summer!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — March 30, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    Holy deliciousness! I honestly think I would prefer a margarita cupcake over an actual margarita…haha. I’m a more a gin girl 🙂

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    beantownbaker — March 30, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    I looked for little umbrellas and couldn’t find them. That would have been even cuter!

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    beantownbaker — March 30, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    Oh great idea!

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    beantownbaker — March 30, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    I’m not sure how they’d hold up like you mentioned… Next time I’m definitely going to do a sugar rim on the frosting like Chris suggested.

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    beantownbaker — March 30, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    I’m a gin girl as well, but there’s something about a margarita after a long day at work. There’s a place here that has a coconut/lime margarita. It’s amazing.

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    Chris at HyeThymeCafe — March 30, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    I think I found them – and straws with umbrellas – at a Dollar Tree a few years back. Not sure if that’s a regular seasonal item or just something random I happened to catch.

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    beantownbaker — March 30, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    I’ll have to keep a watch out for those. They sound really cute. And if I see something, I’ll have to grab it and just make these cupcakes again.

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