Monday, August 11, 2014

How-to Tuesday: The Best Classic Cream Cheese Frosting


Who can resist creamy cream cheese frosting?

One of the three frosting recipes I believe every baker should have in their arsenal. The other two being vanilla buttercream and chocolate buttercream.

Cream cheese frosting goes on a variety of cakes, including but not limited to: Strawberry, carrot, hummingbird, red velvet, chocolate, and lemon.

There are a few tricks to cream cheese frosting:

1) Beat the butter and cream cheese until it's absolutely the smoothest thing you've ever seen. I am dead serious. No lumps. I mean it. You won't have to sift the powdered sugar if you just cream the butter and cream cheese.

2. Add the ingredients in order as listed on the recipe card. You'll get a lumpy mess of frosting. It's gross. Trust me.

3. Use white vanilla to get whiter cream cheese. If you use classic vanilla, you'll still have an ivory color frosting. If it doesn't bother you, go for your brown vanilla. It tastes just as good!

4. This recipe (I believe) covers a 2-layer 8" cake. Cut it in half for cupcakes or a small cake.

INGREDIENTS
16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
4 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
1. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.

2. Slowly add in powdered sugar and mix until incorporated. Add in vanilla.

3. Store at room temperature in an air tight container.

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