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Why rely on canned frosting for your baking needs? With our guide, how to make cream cheese frosting, you'll learn how to customize this sweet, fluffy topping in a matter of minutes.
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Cream Cheese Frosting Tips
- Use room temperature butter and cold cream cheese to obtain the best consistency.
- Sift the confectioner's sugar before measuring for fluffier frosting.
- Don't over blend the frosting, which can cause the cream cheese to become grainy.
- Add the sugar in batches, so you can stop at the desired sweetness.
- Enjoy!
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Introduction
- Best known as a light and creamy icing for vibrant red velvet cake and classic carrot cake, cream cheese frosting is as easy to make as it is to enjoy. Whip up this simple blend of cream cheese, butter and sugar to use with a multitude of sweet treats. Try slathering it between chocolate chip cookies, using it as cupcake topper or as a delectable dip for fresh fruit.
What You'll Need
- Four basic ingredients are all you need to create this airy and versatile frosting.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Electric mixer or spatula
Making Cream Cheese Frosting
- Follow these simple steps to create 3 cups of cream cheese frosting in less than 15 minutes.All Recipes: Cream Cheese Frosting II
- Place the cream cheese and butter in a bowl.
- Beat with a spatula or electric mixer on low until the mixture is creamy and well-blended.All Recipes: Cream Cheese Frosting II
- -Don't over mix the frosting, which will give it grainy consistency.How to Eat a Cupcake: Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting
- -Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Mix in the vanilla.FoodNetwork: Carrot Cake
- Stir in the confectioner's sugar a little at a time so you can stop when you reach the desired sweetness.Simply Recipes: Cream Cheese Frosting
- You should now have a smooth and creamy frosting.
- Use immediately or store the frosting in the refrigerator for up to one week and in the freezer for up to three months.How to Eat a Cupcake: Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting
Variations
- Experiment with new ingredients to tailor the frosting's flavor to the cake, cookie or food item that you plan to pair it with.
- Reduce the amount of butter in the recipe if you want to taste more of the cream cheese's tang.Simply Recipes: Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add grated lemon peel for a tasty lemon cream cheese frosting.Epicurious: Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add ground allspice for another layer of flavor.CD Kitchen: Allspice Cream Cheese Frosting
- Stir in melted, unsweetened chocolate for a chocolate version of the frosting.About.com: Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix nuts into the frosting to create the traditional icing for carrot cake.CD Kitchen: Carrot Cake Icing
- Add milk or cream if you'd like your frosting to have a thinner consistency.Recipezaar: Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add brown sugar for an even sweeter version.Joy The Baker: Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add almond extract and milk to give the frosting a nuttier flavor.Friends Eat: Almond Cream Cheese Frosting
- Substitute non-fat cream cheese and ricotta cheese for the regular cream cheese and butter to generate a low-calorie variation.CD Kitchen: Fat Free Cream Cheese Frosting
Additional Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes
- Slashfood: Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- Chow: Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
- CD Kitchen: Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- Martha Stewart: Cream Cheese Frosting
- The Recipe Reader: Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes
