Easy, Creamy, Fluffy Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
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.
Easy, Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting |
DIRECTIONS
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Ingredients
- 2 8 oz packs cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 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
Hi Stacy and Jennifer,
Are you sure you are using frosting sugar?
Frosting sugar has starch in it… that means it will help to stabilize the frosting when drying .
The more water the longer it will take to get a nice frosting concistency… (sorry my english but I’m danish!).
You can drain your cream cheese in a cofee filter for an hour or two if it is a cheap wet one. Hell you can even buy a fat youghurt and drain it and use it instead of expensive cream cheese.
Good luck… By the way I start with half the frosting sugar and ad the wet ingredients a little at a time. Then i change between adding frosting and wet ingredients, till I have the amount i need.
I will try the carrot recipe and this frosting tomorrow or monday. Looks great. and easy. Thanx!
Do you refrigerate it or let sit out like most cakes?
one word – Perfection x
I’ve made this recipe three times with your red velvet cake recipe. Everytime it seems to be runny…what am I doing wrong??? Planning on making another cake tomorrow but I’m scared of the frosting coming out thin 🙁 The cake will be eaten regardless cause it it the BOMB….I just want my frosting to be just right
Hey Stacy! Maybe your cream cheese is too softened. how about softening one and then mixing the other straight out of the fridge?? Or both straight from the fridge? You can also try adding the milk as you go along to get the right consistency. Hope it helps! Check you butter if its too melted also!
I have been using a similar cream cheese recipe only difference too much milk. Lesson the milk amount by half.
She is right!!! Don’t use so much milk. As a matter of fact, milk is the last ingredient I use. I only add little by little if I need to loosen the frosting up some or if the frosting is too sweet. You can also use a tad bit of heavy whipping cream in place of the milk….little by little.
Hi Diva,
This was GREAT frosting! Do you have a Butter Cream Frosting Recipe?
Made this frosting yesterday. Had a terrible time with consistency. When I first finished, it seemed fine. However, it was a very humid day, and somewhat warm in the kitchen after cooking dinner, and frosting was just thin-acting and would not stay put on cake. I added, little by little, another CUP of confectioners’ sugar–didn’t help. In fact, it seemed to get thinner. Then I chilled the frosting for 2 hours. Didn’t help. Finally added another brick of cream cheese, and was able to at least get this on the cake, though the layers slid terribly when cut. Any ideas or suggestions? We LOVED the flavor and would like to use again. Thanks, Marilyn
I would add only a couple of tablespoons of milk and the extra cream cheese. try that and see how it work.
Just made this cream cheese frosting! YUMMY!!!!! Thank you so much for this site! Love your step by step video.. had my laptop on my kitchen counter 🙂