Then scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl…Īdd 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract and mix together. To the cream cheese, add in 1 stick softened butter and blend together. Mix on medium speed until light and fluffy. TO Make This Cream Cheese Frosting YOU will Need:ĭrop the 2 softened bricks of cream cheese into the bowl of your stand mixer (that’s fitted with the paddle attachment!). Tomorrow it will be frosting a different cake.My mother’s cake recipe that’s perfect for spring! Okay, that’s all the hints I’m giving… now let us make frosting! However in that post there wasn’t step-by-step photo instructions, plus I wanted it to be easily found if searched, so I’m giving it it’s own post so it can shine. I first shared it back in 2012, when I frosted my classic red velvet cake. I could eat it with a spoon, on a shoe… on basically anything.Īs you may know, my cream cheese frosting recipe isn’t new to this blog. If ever a frosting is super sweet I tend to leave it behind and just eat the cake around it, but that isn’t the case when it comes to homemade cream cheese frosting. I think what makes it so special is that it has the perfect balance of tang and sweetness and with a touch of vanilla. It takes a lot for me to claim a recipe is “the best” but to me and Malloree (my anti-fan-of-frosting daughter) this recipe is all that and then some. Whether it’s for carrot cake or red velvet this is my favorite cream cheese frosting! Only 4 ingredients cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.

1 step easy cream cheese frosting