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Delicious Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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The right frosting is crucial when you’re trying to complement a meticulously baked treat. You don’t want it to be runny, painfully sweet, or so thick it doesn’t spread. This delicious cream cheese frosting recipe is pretty basic, but it’s the best I’ve ever had. It was originally passed to us from an aunt. I’m not sure where she got it, but I’m so glad to have it now!

this is the best ever cream cheese frosting recipe

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

There’s nothing worse than seeing a plate, sans cake, with a heap of scraped off frosting. This usually happens when the frosting is wretchedly sweet or dry and too crunchy. With all the effort that goes into making a good cake, cupcake, muffin, pastry–or whatever merits frost–it deserves a quality, smooth finish.

This cream cheese frosting recipe is perfection in confection. It’s creamy and not too thin or runny. However, can be made thicker or thinner depending on your needs. It’s not so intensely sweet that it leaves an immediate layer of fuzz on your otherwise pearly teeth. (This actually happened to us the other day after eating a sub-par frosted treat.) And, it’s rich in sort of a soft, gentle way, so that it doesn’t steal the show. It’s light enough to let the cake itself shine and just add that velvety complement to round out the flavor and texture of a bite.

Ingredients for the best ever cream cheese frosting recipe

The only downfall of this recipe is that it does require refrigeration. But, I think it’s worth the results.

THE BEST CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE

YIELDS 2 CUPS

Ingredients

  • 3 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp milk (more or less depending on desired consistency)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Cream together butter and cream cheese.
  2. Add vanilla and milk.
  3. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time mixing until smooth.
  4. Add more milk to reach desired consistency if necessary.

Notes

Frost your baked good after it has cooled and while this frosting is at room temperature. Otherwise, store the final product in the refrigerator.

Thick, creamy, not too sweet, cream cheese frosting recipe

Best Uses

This cream cheese frosting recipe is best paired with:

  • carrot cake
  • pumpkin squares
  • pumpkin bites
  • pumpkin cake
  • banana bread
  • red velvet cake
  • french toast

Honestly, it’s so good I could eat it with a spoon. I don’t recommend that, though. Bake up something delicious to frost with this scrumptious cream cheese frosting. Let us know what you make!

Flavor Variations:

Matcha Green Tea Frosting: Add 1 tablespoon Matcha powder.

Matcha Green Tea Frosting

What else would you pair this cream cheese frosting recipe with?


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Comments

  1. Jo-Ann Brightman says

    September 10, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    I love cream cheese frosting. I might make a sandwich cookie in which to place it or zucchini bread.

    Reply
  2. Janet Vinyard says

    September 14, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    Hi Jennifer, Thanks for sharing your cream cheese frosting recipe! It will go so nicely with many fall items! Blessings, Janet

    Reply
  3. Dee says

    September 18, 2016 at 1:17 am

    Sounds perfect for fall baking! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Rana Durham says

    September 24, 2016 at 1:57 am

    this looks so yummy. i love this and i am always looking for amazing cream cheese frosting. this rocks.

    Reply
  5. Crystal Green says

    September 24, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    This looks so delicious! This recipe looks easy to make and add other things to if needed too.

    Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty. We hope to see you again next Friday at 12 AM EST when we open our doors again.

    Reply
  6. shelly peterson says

    September 26, 2016 at 12:58 am

    Oh yum, I love cream cheese frosting. I never thought to make my own. I will have to try this recipe.

    Reply
  7. Dana Rodriguez says

    September 27, 2016 at 10:56 am

    This is a great recipe and so easy! I will be trying this soon!

    Reply
  8. ellen beck says

    January 14, 2017 at 7:20 pm

    I agree about a good cream cheese frosting. I think it is one of the best on anything. I admit, I could have cream cheese on a rock and probably eat it, as cream cheese is a weakness. My Grandmother made this same frosting!

    Reply
  9. Kimberly Flickinger says

    June 13, 2017 at 11:59 am

    I love this kind of frosting, will definitely try this recipe, sounds delicious.

    Reply

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