The Best Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

This is my family favorite BEST cream cheese frosting recipe!  It goes great on Carrot Cake, Red Velvet Cake, and just about any other flavor cake or cupcake you can imagine.  I’ve been making this cream cheese icing for years!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter softened (113g)

8 oz cream cheese softened (brick-style, not spreadable) (226g)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 cups powdered sugar* (500g)

Instructions:

Combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer (or you may use an electric mixer) and beat until creamy, well-combined, and lump-free.

Add vanilla extract and salt and stir well to combine.

With mixer on low, gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined.

Use to frost completely cooled cake or cupcakes.