Cream Cheese Frosting

By mariannefeldman

kingarthurflour

Ingredients

• Hands-on time:
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• This frosting is nicely balanced between tangy and sweet, and spreads beautifully. It's the perfect complement for gingerbread, carrot cake, or pumpkin cake. A little chopped candied ginger on top dresses things up nicely.
• Our guarantee: This is a spreadable frosting, quick to make and well balanced between sweet and tangy.
• Volume
• Ounces
• Grams
• 3 ounces butter, at room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 14 ounces to 1 pound confectioners' sugar
• 4 ounces chopped nuts (optional)
• 3 ounces minced candied ginger (optional)
• 1 to 2 ounces milk, to make frosting spreadable
• Recipe summary
• 15 mins.
• Baking time:
• Total time:
• 15 mins.
• Yield:
• 3 cups

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
1) Combine the butter, the cream cheese and the vanilla in a medium sized bowl, and beat them together until they are light and fluffy.
2) Add the sugar gradually, beating well.
3) Stir in the nuts and/or ginger if desired.
4) Add the milk a little at a time, until the frosting is a spreadable consistency.