Cream Cheese Frosting
This mouth watering cream cheese frosting only takes 5 ingredients and 5 minutes to make! This silky smooth buttery frosting is the perfect topping on desserts!
Equipment
- 1 Stand or hand held mixer
Ingredients
- 8 oz Softened Full Fat Cream Cheese
- 2 TBSP melted unsalted butter
- 2 TBSP Whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 C sifted powdered sugar
Instructions
- In your mixer place the softened cream cheese, melted butter, milk, and vanilla.
- Whip this with a whisk attachment until completely smooth.
- Then slowly add in the powdered sugar as you continue to whisk.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- When completely smooth it is ready to spread and enjoy!!
Notes
You will need to use both FULL FAT milk and cream cheese. The fat content in this recipe is what helps to make the frosting buttery and smooth.
Sifting your powdered sugar before you use it will help keep the silky smooth texture in your frosting.
If you try to use cold butter or cream cheese it will create lumps in the frosting. It is very important that you use room temperature ingredients.
This creates the perfect consistency that we love to smoother our homemade cinnamon rolls in.
To create a thinner frosting simply add in splashes of milk until you reach your desired consistency.
To create a thicker frosting just add in more powdered sugar.
If you want to color the frosting that is easy enough with a small amount of food color paste. I would not use liquid because it will add more moisture to your frosting.
**NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER The nutritional information shown is an estimate, and is determined from online calculators.
Nutrition
Serving: 33gCalories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 73mgPotassium: 36mgSugar: 13gVitamin A: 379IUCalcium: 27mgIron: 0.03mg
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