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. Â 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
How much exactly is a stick of butter as we do not get them in sticks here. Thanks.
So do I!
I can’t wait to make this, but I don’t know where I could get cream cheese ! Any ideas please ?!
I am sooo excited to make this along with your red velvet cake! I’ve got one question though, is it two 8oz packs of cream cheese or 2 packs of cream cheese totalling 8oz. I’ve got a whole big block of cream cheese so measurements by packs won’t really do much good. Heehee.
Hope to hear from you soon! Thank you!
I have the same question hahaha!
In the video, it looks as though she used 2 packages of cream cheese (16 oz total). That’s what I used and it turned out great.
Me too !! i noticed that other cream cheese frosting recipes include only 1 pack ( 8 ounces) of softened cream cheese.
Heeeeelp
From what I see from the video, it looks like 16 oz. of cream cheese was used in the video. 8oz per block.
Total oz’s of cream cheese: 16 ounces
I’ve use this recipe for a year and have had NO complaints! Thank you!
i just made this frosting and realised that there is a big difference between an american stick of butter and a british stick of butter. That being said, my icing was too runny due to too much butter but i fixed it by making more frosting for cupcakes too! haha. So delicious though and just thought i’d spread the word in case someone else makes the same mistake!
I had the same problem with this frosting being very runny. II think the 1/4 cup milk is too much for 4 cups of sugar if you want to be able to pipe. I would cut down the milk or have a note to say slowly add in the milk a few tablespoon at a time.