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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6 Responses to “Strawberry Margarita Pie”

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Ashley Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine) — October 3, 2013 at 9:01 am

Yum! I love cheesecake, I’ve never made it boozy though! 🙂
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Nutmeg Nanny — October 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm

This pie! Oh man, this looks incredible 🙂 I bet it tastes perfect
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Maddie — October 6, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Wow! The story about your mom was very touching. Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breat cancer and so breast cancer awareness month is very important to me. On a lighter note, this pie looks absolutely delicious. I stumbled upon your blog not too long ago, and as a fellow baker I really enjoy your posts!
- beantownbaker — October 7th, 2013 @ 12:54 pm
  
  Breast cancer has touched so many lives, it’s unreal. I hope you can join in my Power of Pink challenge this month by baking up something pink in your kitchen! Thanks for stopping by.
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Tahiti Nights — October 21, 2013 at 2:52 pm

Definitely a colorful pie and enough tequila in it to make sure you keep the kids away from it. Looks like a winner!
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Mike — May 22, 2017 at 11:26 am

Wow! It looks so nice, I would almost not even want to cut into it!