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- Skill Level: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
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Can be made ahead of time.
Cream Cheese Icing
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Recipe
Cream cheese icing tastes great on just about everything. It’s a quick mix that can make something go from tasting good to tasting extraordinary.
Yield :
Makes about 2 cups (500 mL), enough to frost 16 or more cupcakes
Ingredients
- 4 oz (125 g) cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup (125 mL) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Pinch salt
- 2¼ cups (550 mL) confectioners sugar (icing sugar), sifted
Directions
1. In a bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat together cream cheese, butter and salt until creamy. With mixer on low speed, beat in confectioner’s sugar, ½ cup (125 mL) at a time so that the sugar doesn’t fly all over the place. Increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy.
2. Spread frosting over cooled cupcakes and refrigerate until ready to serve or for up to 1 day.
Variation: Add a drop of food coloring to the frosting as you are making it for a touch of beautiful color.
Notes
Because cream cheese is perishable, be sure to keep your frosted cupcakes refrigerated until you’re ready to eat them.
This frosting will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Before using, let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes to soften enough to spread.
© 2005 Julie Hasson
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving (% daily value)
Nutritional information is based on 2 tablespoons icing per serving.
130kcal (6%)
9mg (1%)
0mg (0%)
74mcg RAE (2%)
12mg
1mg
0g
14g
0g
14g
23mg (8%)
42mg (2%)
5g (25%)
8g (13%)
0mg (0%)
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