I’m not a big fan of frostings. Most of them are just waaay to sweet and completely overpower whatever you put it on. However I LOVVVVE this homemade cream cheese frosting recipe.
This frosting is sweet but not overly sweet. I can eat a spoonful without gagging. It’s quick, easy, fluffy, creamy and spreads with ease! I love that I can still taste the cream cheese in this recipe. Once you’ve made this frosting, you’ll realize what an insult store bought cream cheese frostings are.
Nothing can take the place of a frosting made with real butter baby!!! I use this homemade cream cheese frosting recipe for my red velvet cakes, carrot cakes, ice cream cakes, chocolate cakes and whatever else tastes good with a cream cheese frosting.
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| Easy, Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting |
DIRECTIONS
Watch me make this homemade cream cheese frosting from start to finish!
The Recipe
Easy, Creamy, Fluffy Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
By Divas Can Cook
Recipe type: frosting
Prep time
Total time
Serves
Frost 3 layer cake
Ingredients
- 2 (8 oz) packs cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup milk, made need more
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add softened cream cheese into large bowl.
- Pour in milk, butter and vanilla extract.
- Mix until well combined.
- Pour in half of the powdered sugar.
- Mix until combined.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar.
- Mix until smooth and fluffy.
- Use a spatula to scrape down the side of the bowl if needed.
Notes
If the frosting is too thick, add in a few drops of milk (about ¼ teaspoon) at a time and stir after each addition. It doesn't take much liquid to thin it out. If you add too much milk, you'll have to add more powdered sugar to thicken it back up which will make it sweeter.
If I want to make the frosting pink do I need to adjust any of the ingredients?
No, I actually made a birthday cake for my granddaughter and used pink!!
What does 1 stick of butter equate to in grams?
Thanks!
I have had to double the powdered sugar in order to make a fluffy frosting out of this! This frosting is RUNNY as written! Too sweet with double the sugar. the taste was good before adding the extra 4 cups of powdered sugar, but too loose. I would suggest not to add the milk until after you’ve mixed all the other ingredients first.
If its too runny try cornstarch!! That’s what I used and it worked perfectly and balanced the sweetness just right!!
This recipe was very easy to follow and my icing turned out magnificent. Thanks for the recipe!
I just finished making this delicious frosting to use on the Best Southern Red Velvet Cake. It is the perfect balance of sweetness and cream cheese taste and was so fluffy and easy to spread on the cake. This has now become my favorite frosting recipe of all time!