Best So Easy Cream Cheese Icing Recipes

BASIC CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

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This recipe delivers a basic cream cheese frosting using just butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla.

Provided by JJ

Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings Cream Cheese

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 291.5 calories, Carbohydrate 40.4 g, Cholesterol 41.1 mg, Fat 14.3 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Sodium 110.9 mg, Sugar 39.3 g

SO EASY CREAM CHEESE ICING

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I got this super easy cream cheese cake icing recipe from my best friend, Brandy, when I had made a cake & forgot to purchase icing. I'll never buy premade cream cheese icing again! It's yummy & sooo easy to make. You can also use fat free cream cheese, to cut calories & fat, still tastes good.

Provided by OlanchoBoundGringa

Categories Dessert

Time 10m

Yield 1 cake, 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 2

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 (8 ounce) box cream cheese spread

Steps:

Set Cream Cheese out to soften.
In Large mixing bowl, add powdered sugar and cream cheese.
Mix with mixer until smooth.
Spread evenly over cake.
Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 342.3, Fat 16.3, SaturatedFat 10.2, Cholesterol 51, Sodium 382, Carbohydrate 46.8, Sugar 46, Protein 4

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

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You know that no cake, cupcake, bar or cookie is complete without the perfect layer of cream cheese icing or frosting. Luckily, our spreadable and creamy homemade recipe is ready in just 5 minutes with 4 simple ingredients. Sweet with just the right amount of tang, this from-scratch Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe is the perfect finish for carrot cake, red velvet cupcakes, pumpkin-spice bars and more. Soon you'll be adding this cream cheese frosting recipe to everything on the dessert tray and more.

Provided by By Stephanie Wise

Categories Dessert

Time 5m

Yield 32

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar, plus more as needed

Steps:

In large bowl, beat softened butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed 2 to 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and creamy.
Stir in vanilla, then stir in powdered sugar. Add more powdered sugar as needed until frosting is a thick spreadable consistency.
Spread or pipe frosting on cooled cake or cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 20 g, TransFat 0 g

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