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

8 comments »

9 Responses to “12 Days of Cookies – Fudge”

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Katie — December 11, 2008 at 4:35 pm

YUM! It looks so perfect and smooth!
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Scott W. — December 12, 2008 at 1:16 am

Oh my! This looks wonderful!!! We’ll defiantly be making some this weekend.
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Jen — December 12, 2008 at 1:19 am

You should! It literally takes 4 minutes.
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Chad — December 13, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Thanks for sharing. This looks great.

I am working on some treat baskets for the neighbors and was looking for a third item, and this is perfect.
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Jen — December 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Glad to help Chad 🙂 Hope your neighbors enjoy the goodies.
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Lori — December 15, 2008 at 1:15 am

That fudge looks great! Oh I can just taste it melting in my mouth.
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Crystal's Creations — December 18, 2008 at 1:54 am

I just made a batch of this fudge, can’t wait to dig in to it! Thanks for sharing!
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Dani — December 19, 2008 at 12:39 pm

my mouth is watering 🙂
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Bridget — December 19, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Oh yum! My dad is the one in our family who makes the fudge! 🙂