Cream Cheese Frosting

This Cream Cheese Frosting recipe is smooth, creamy, spreadable, and easy to make! Use on cupcakes, cookies, pumpkin cake, and banana bars.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 107kcal

Author Tonia Larson

Equipment

Ingredients

16 oz cream cheese softened, (two 8 oz packages)
½ cup butter softened
3 cups powdered sugar sifted
2 tablespoon half-n-half
2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Beat the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Gradually add 1 ½ cups of the sifted powdered sugar a ½ cup at a time, mixing well before adding more.
Stir in the half-n-half and vanilla.
Gradually add the remaining 1 ½ cups of the sifted powdered sugar a ½ cup at a time, mixing well before adding more. Then, beat until smooth and creamy.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

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Notes

The recipe makes about 4 1/2 cups of cream cheese frosting.

One: Storage

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days or in the freezer for up to a month. Baked goods with cream cheese frosting need to be refrigerated.

Two: Flavors

You can flavor the frosting with almond, coconut, strawberry, peppermint, or coconut extract.

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