Cream Cheese Frosting. Add more powdered sugar as needed until frosting is a thick spreadable consistency. Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer.

Here are our best and easy cream cheese frosting recipes—from chocolate to bourbon! Cream cheese frosting is a delicious delight atop cupcakes and a favorite on pumpkin cake, carrot cake, and more. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and, if desired, salt until fluffy. You can cook Cream Cheese Frosting using 3 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cream Cheese Frosting

It's 120 grams of Cream cheese.
It's 120 grams of Powdered sugar.
You need 30 grams of Butter.

Gradually beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve desired consistency. Cream cheese frosting is so easy to make! This is a classic cream cheese frosting with cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. It's perfect for icing carrot cake, cupcakes, and cookies.

Cream Cheese Frosting instructions

Leave the cream cheese and butter to warm to room temperature and whip them together with the icing sugar..
Store the icing in the refrigerator, it will be ok in there for around 2 weeks..

Combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer (or you may use an electric mixer) and beat until creamy, well-combined, and lump-free. Add vanilla extract and salt and stir well to combine. With mixer on low, gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined. Use to frost completely cooled cake or cupcakes. Cream Cheese Frosting is my favorite way to top a cake or cupcakes!