The Best Cream Cheese Frosting
Forget store-bought frosting! This easy recipe for The Best Cream Cheese Frosting delivers the richest, smoothest frosting you’ve ever tasted. Made with real cream cheese and simple ingredients and adds a delightful tangy-sweet flavor to every bite. Perfect for icing cakes, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, and more.
Servings: 3 cups
Equipment
- electric handheld mixer
- large mixing bowl
- spatula
- measuring spoons and cups
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 ounces) Full Fat Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature
- ¼ cup (half of a stick OR 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 - 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix well. Add enough powdered sugar until you have the frosting the consistency you want. I use about 3 1/2 cups.
- This will frost a 13 x 9 cake easily as well as about 24 cupcakes. For two layer cakes, you make want to double the recipe, depending on how much frosting you want on your cakes.
- To use as a glaze for cakes, use less powdered sugar and add small amounts of milk (use 1 tablespoon to start) at a time until you have the consistency you want as a glaze.
Notes
See blog post for tips and variations