Best Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting Recipes

CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Place cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until creamy, about 30 seconds.
• With the mixer on low, slowly add sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowls as necessary.
• Add vanilla and increase mixer speed to medium. Blend until frosting is fluffy, about 1 minute.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Strain maraschino cherries over a large measuring cup. Count out 24 cherries with their stems intact and set aside on paper towels. Remove stems from the remaining cherries and place one in the bottom of each lined muffin cup.
• Stir cherry-flavored brandy into the cherry juice. Add more brandy or water to total 1 1/4 cups liquid. Pour liquid into a bowl.
• Add eggs and oil; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until just combined. Add cake mix and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Evenly divide batter among the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Cool in the tins for about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 50 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting. Combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until blended, about 1 minute. Add vanilla extract and salt; beat for 1 minute more. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating after each addition. Add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin.
• Frost each cupcake and garnish with the reserved cherries.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE-OREO®-BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, espresso powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk in white sugar and brown sugar.
• Beat eggs, water, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Add sour cream and oil and beat well. Add egg mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture and mix well until no dry spots remain. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place cream cheese and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and cream together until smooth. Add vanilla extract and mix. Add confectioners' sugar and mix on medium-low speed; whip into a firm consistency, 2 to 5 minutes. Frosting will thicken as you whip. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time to thin if necessary.
• Crush whole cookies into crumbs in a food processor. Mix cookie crumbs into frosting using a rubber spatula. Chill frosting in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes before piping onto cooled cupcakes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or use the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between, making sure chocolate is completed melted and not burning.
• Remove from heat, set aside; cool until lukewarm. Beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth in a large bowl with a mixer set on medium speed.
• Add the melted chocolate, small amount at a time, making sure it does not seize on the side of the bowl, scrape and continue beating until well blended; add vanilla and lemon juice, mixing until incorporated.
• Add sugar and mix until frosting is light and fluffy (add extra confectioners' sugar if frosting is too soft. Store 2 weeks refrigerated.

PROFESSIONAL CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl (or KA Mixer) cream together shortening and butter.
• Stop and scrape down, start again till creamy.
• Add cut-up cream cheese and cream again, scraping down sides till fluffy on high.
• Add vanilla extract and blend.
• Add at time confectioner's sugar, starting on low speed as to not spray sugar all over, then increase speed till blended each time and scrape down each time.
• You may add salt if you need to.
• Turn on high speed for 15 minutes to make frosting blended, smooth and fluffy.
• Also you may have to chill frosting after completed.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Put some water in the bottom of a double boiler and make sure it won't touch the bottom of the upper part of the double boiler. Bring to a boil. Then break the white chocolate into the top of the double boiler and take it off the heat. Stir till melted. Put back on the heat IF the water has cooled too much, but be very careful because it can burn easily. It can take about ten minutes. Stir till smooth, then let cool. In mixing bowl beat the cream cheese till smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in the cooled white chocolate till smoothly incorporated. Beat in the butter and lemon juice or vanilla. Use immediately or if you refrigerate it, bring it room temperature and beat it again to prepare it to use for frosting a cake. Don't heat it! This can hold up well and be used to decorate providing it doesn't get to warm. Adjust quantities to cover wedding cake depending on how large.

MARSHMALLOW CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Bring butter and creme cheese to room temp (70*).
• Cut cream cheese and butter into chunks.
• Beat cream cheese until smooth.
• Place over a bowl of ice water if you need to chill it while starting to add the butter in pieces; beat until just blended and smooth.
• Gently stir in the jar of marshmallow creme.
• Frost your cake.
• You can successfully refrigerate this frosting until ready to use and after you've frosted the cake.
• Will cover:.
• 1 9 x 13.
• 2 10** Springforms.
• 3 9 x 2's.

BUTTERCREAM CREAM CHEESE DECORATOR FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese, butter and crisco on medium or high speed for 1 minute or until light and fluffy. Add extracts and flavorings and 3 tablespoons of milk, beat on medium speed until combined. Gradually add the powdered sugar in about six different intervals and beat until well combined between intervals, using a rubber scraper to make sure all ingredients are incorporated. Beat on high speed for approximately 1 minute to increase the volume. Frosting will be light and fluffy, you may need to add up to 1 tablespoons of milk for desired consistency. I usually add up to 1 teaspoons extra of one of the extracts if I am going to use the frosting for use in a decorating bag. I just prefer the flavoring instead of the extra milk.
• If you are going to use this as a colored decorator frosting I've found that adding the gel colors when you add the extracts and milk seems to work the best.

CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• cream butter, shortening, cream cheese together until light (about 5 minutes).
• add 6 cups of sugar two cups at a time blending completely with each addition.
• add vanilla and 6 tablespoons milk and blend completely.
• add the other 6 cups of sugar two cups at a time blending completely with each addition.
• add the other 6 tablespoons of milk and blend completely.