Name: Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Yield: About 3 cups—enough for 12 cupcakes, two 8.5 x 4.5-inch (22 x 11-cm) loaf cakes, a 9 x 13-inch/23 x 33-cm sheet cake, or 1 batch of Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients: 420 grams (3½ cups) powdered, icing, or confectioner’s sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 57 grams (4 tablespoons, ½ stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; 226 grams (8 ounces) full-fat cream cheese, room temperature

Preparation info

Yield: About 3 cups —enough for
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Baker Bettie's Better Baking Book

By Kristin Hoffman

Published 2022

About

Cream cheese frosting is my favorite style of frosting. It’s less sweet than buttercream and the tanginess really contrasts well with sweet cakes, and especially with cinnamon rolls!

Ingredients

226 grams (8 ounces) full-fat cream cheese, room temperature
57 grams (4

Method

Prep

At least 1½ hours before making the frosting, take the cream cheese and butter out of the refrigerator to soften at room temperature. (I find cream cheese takes a very long time to come to room temp.)
Measure out the rest of the ingredients.