Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Recipes shared from a fellow baker and lover of cupcakes!  His very own recipes, shared with me and now for you all to read.  Do feel special, won't you?

Just enough (good for 2 dozen cupcakes or a 2 layer cake)

8 oz cream cheese (room temperature)

½ cup lightly salted butter (room temperature)

3 cups powdered sugar (measured then sifted)

2 Tbs vanilla flavoring (I use clear so as to not discolor the frosting)

Beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy.  Add powdered sugar in 3 or 4 batches and beat well between additions.  Add vanilla flavoring and beat until will combined.

 *butter and cream cheese are best at room tempature priot to mixing.

Lots of frosting (good for 4-5 dozen cupcakes or a 3 layer cake)

12 oz cream cheese

1 cup lightly salted butter

4 ½-5 cups powdered sugar

3 Tbs vanilla flavoring

Use instructions for previous recipe.

Frosting for 13x9 sheet cake

8 oz cream cheese

½ cup lightly salted butter

1 ¾ cups powdered sugar

1 Tbs clear vanilla flavoring

1 Tbs clear butter flavoring

Use instructions for previous recipe.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!  Love it on cinnamon muffins, red velvet cupcakes, carrot cake and and just about anything that cream cheese frosting might  possibly be good on!  Thank you my sweet friend Mitchell Monroe :) :)