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Silky Cream Cheese Frosting

This dreamy, creamy, smooth, silky Spreadable Cream Cheese Frosting is classically teamed with Carrot Cake, Carrot Cake Slice or Carrot Cupcakes, but is actually very versatile and can be used on a variety of different cakes.

Keyword Butter, cream cheese, frosting, icing sugar
Prep Time 5 minutes
Author Susan

Ingredients

  • 50g unsalted butter (make sure it is at room temperature)
  • ⅛ teaspoon fine salt
  • 75g icing sugar
  • 300g cream cheese, at room temperature

Instructions

  1. Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.

To make in a food processor:

  1. Put the room temperature butter, icing sugar and salt into the bowl of your food processor and beat until mixed.

  2. Add the cream cheese or mascarpone and blitz again until mixed in. Do not over-beat at this stage. Your frosting is now ready to use.

To make using an electric whisk:

  1. Put the butter and salt into the bowl of your electric whisk and beat until light and fluffy.

  2. Gradually add the icing sugar, whisking well in between each addition. (NB You may wish to first fold the icing sugar in with a spoon before whisking – this will help to stop the icing sugar clouding up and making a mess of your kitchen!)

  3. Add the cream cheese or mascarpone and beat again until mixed in. Do not over-beat at this stage. Your frosting is now ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Equipment:

  • kitchen scales and measuring spoons
  • food processor or mixing bowl with electric whisk

Sufficient Ingredients for:

  • 2 layer  7 or 8 inch cake, top, inside, outside
  • 3 layer  7 or 8 inch cake, top and inside 
  • top of 20cm/8 inch layer cake plus a few cupcakes