Classic Cream Cheese Frosting
If you haven’t been
paying attention lately, come September, I am expected to make a wedding cake.
Well, I’m expected
because I volunteered. I bet you’re shocked.
A couple of weeks ago I did my second
test run. I’ve been playing around with flavors of cake and frosting and
experimenting with different techniques.
I was lucky enough to
have most of the bridesmaids around to sample this experiment. While they loved
it, I have not yet decided if the cake recipe is worth it.
But the frosting is a
whole different story.
In my mind, this is
the perfect cream cheese frosting. And I should know. Cream cheese frosting is
the only kind I like.
It is the perfect
balance of sweet and tangy. And because you are adding the sugar yourself, it can
be as sweet or as tangy as you like.
You will need…
4 8-ounce packages of
cream cheese, softened
2 sticks unsalted
butter, softened
2 pounds
confectioner’s sugar (you don’t have to use all of it if you don’t want)
1 tablespoon fresh
lemon juice
½ teaspoon vanilla
extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Start by beating the
cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or in
a large bowl with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy.
Beat in the lemon
juice, vanilla and salt.
Turn the speed down to
low and add the sugar a little at a time.
Taste the frosting as you go until it
is as sweet as you want it.
Beat until completely
smooth.
Frost.
Enjoy!
Love and Beer Floats
Angela
Classic Cream Cheese Frosting
4 8-ounce packages of
cream cheese, softened
2 sticks unsalted
butter, softened
2 pounds
confectioner’s sugar (you don’t have to use all of it if you don’t want)
1 tablespoon fresh
lemon juice
½ teaspoon vanilla
extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Start by beating the
cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or in
a large bowl with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy.
Beat in the lemon
juice, vanilla and salt.
Turn the speed down to
low and add the sugar a little at a time. Taste the frosting as you go until it
is as sweet as you want it.
Beat until completely
smooth.
Frost.