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 »

10 Responses to “Watermelon cupcakes”

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Joelen — August 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm

How adorable!! So creative and I’m sure delicious too!
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Carrie — August 4, 2008 at 12:20 am

Those are SOOO cute!
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Sarah — August 4, 2008 at 1:50 am

Those may be the cutest cupcakes I’ve ever seen!
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Katie — August 4, 2008 at 11:28 am

Oh my goodness! HOW CUTE! I seriously LOVe this idea! I’m so starring these to make! Thanks!
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~Amber~ — August 5, 2008 at 12:16 pm

These are so adorable!!
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sterling — August 7, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Fabulous idea. I think your idea of the two shades of green was great too!
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Ivy — August 18, 2008 at 9:17 pm

Cool! I love watermelon. These look like so much fun, kids would go crazy for these. 🙂
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Nate — August 21, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Beyond being probably the best looking summer cupcakes invented. I have to give props to the chef on the taste front as well. These were highly popular at said cookout and were demolished by all.
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Marija — September 24, 2008 at 2:48 pm

I love them! So creative!
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Jacqueline — July 22, 2020 at 11:34 am

Do I have to put in coffee? I can’t stand coffee at all.

My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting