Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This easy cream cheese frosting recipe combines cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar for a smooth, tangy frosting for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls.
Servings: 12 (1/4 cup) servings
Calories: 280kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pound powdered sugar or more to taste if needed
- milk optional, only if needed to thin
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with an electric stand mixer until smooth.
- Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing constantly, until desired consistency is reached.
- Add more powdered sugar to thicken, add a little milk (a teaspoon at a time) if needed to thin.
- Serve over cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, cake, or cookies (see links to recipes above).
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Notes
- Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl as you mix, so all the ingredients remain incorporated.
- Use an electric mixer, rather than a hand mixer, with a paddle attachment or whisk attachment, adding all the ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Start on low speed, then once all the ingredients are mixed together, raise it up to medium speed and whip until it gets light, airy, and fluffy.
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 26mg | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 490IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.1mg