I know I always have these things on hand.

Place room temperature unsalted butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Required fields are marked *. Sign up to receive my newsletter, filled with delicious recipes and outdoor travel adventures, in your inbox: Cream Cheese Frosting is easy to make, and this recipe uses only 4 simple ingredients. A quick way to get cream cheese and butter to room temperature is to microwave them for 5 second intervals until soft. Learn how your comment data is processed. As my grandma used to say, “Take off your shoes, and stay awhile.” More about me ->, © 2020 - Adventures of Mel - All Rights Reserved -, added sliced strawberries to our frosting, Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake from Scratch - Adventures of Mel, Kid Recipes: Easy Minecraft Cake - Adventures of Mel, The Best Buttercream Frosting Recipe - Adventures of Mel, Best Ever Carrot Cake Sheet Cake - Adventures of Mel. It pairs well with so many cakes and cupcakes – further down in the post I’ll be sharing all my recommendations. It's ready for spreading on cake, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, or whatever other type of dessert you choose to put it on.

It’s an easy frosting (only 4 ingredients) to make for cake and cupcakes. I approve the use of my email address for newsletter and exclusive announcements. You can add nuts into your frosting; I highly recommend pecans or walnuts. If more confectioners’ sugar is added, this is also a great icing to pipe on cupcakes.

This cream cheese frosting recipe is incredibly easy to make and most likely you have all the ingredients on hand already.

First you'll need a few ingredients… Cream cheese, salted butter, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar.

The frosting will thicken in the fridge because it’s cold. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.

We've added sliced strawberries to our frosting in the past, which really gives frosting quite the oomph. It’s really easy to over-whip cream cheese frosting.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. If you make this recipe, tag @beth_thefirstyear on instagram! There's just nothing quite as scrumptious as a carrot cake, cherry chip cake, strawberry Jello cake, or chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. Just make sure the texture is smooth and it has spreadable consistency. This post may contain affiliate links which means we receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase. Before using, place the frosting on the counter and allow it to come to room temperature. Use as frosting on cake and cupcakes. Made in one bowl in under 10 minutes.

Lemon Cupcakes And that's it. Homemade cream cheese frosting is creamy, fluffy and perfectly tangy.

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published on April 17, 2020

If you’d rather skip all of my cooking tips, important cooking info for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the scrumptious cream cheese frosting recipe – just scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find a printable recipe card. My paddle always gives me loose, soupy cream cheese frosting, but the whisk gets it nice and fluffy.

Easy Cream Cheese Frosting 3-Ingredient Recipe to decorate your cakes and cupcakes. This recipe happens to make the best cream cheese frosting for carrot cake.

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However, I happen to love the sour taste of this supermarket cream cheese, so I used a little amount of confectioners’ sugar in this icing for my carrot cake. I’m a little obsessed with this thing called CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!! top 10 essential dessert recipes free!

Mixer – I love to use my Bosch for mixing whenever I'm baking anything. Can you revise the amount ingredient to me?

Add in the vanilla extract, mixing even more.