Cream Cheese Frosting for Mega Cake

By MaryEllen

Ingredients

• 2 8 oz packages cream cheese
• 2 sticks butter
• 2 1 pound boxes powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• dash salt
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans (reserved from Hummingbird Cake recipe)
• Servings: 16
• Nutrition Facts
• Serving size: 1/16 of a recipe (3.5 ounces).
• Tips
• This makes a massive amount of frosting. You can probably cut it to about 3/4 of a recipe and be just fine.

Preparation

Step 1

1. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl till smooth. Add sugar and beat till fluffy. Add vanilla and salt.

2. Top with chopped pecans. Press into the icing a bit to "set" the nuts so they don't fall off.

Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. One of the recipe's ingredients was not linked. This ingredient is not included in the recipe nutrition data.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 422.29
Calories From Fat (45%) 188.09
% Daily Value
Total Fat 21.4g 33%
Saturated Fat 13.49g 67%
Cholesterol 61.55mg 21%
Sodium 104.25mg 4%
Potassium 39.04mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 57.3g 19%
Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 55.65g
Protein 2.26g 5%