This is the best cream cheese frosting. It's deliciously smooth and great to use on all of your favorite baked goods — like pumpkin bread, carrot cake, or chocolate cake. It's even perfect on top of sugar cookies or sandwiched between red velvet cookies!
Ingredients
- cream cheese: 2 packages (8 ounce packages, softened)
- unsalted butter: 0.5 cup (softened)
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- sifted confectioners' sugar: 2 cups
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Stages of cooking
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Beat cream cheese and softened butter in a medium bowl until smooth and creamy. Mix in vanilla.
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Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition until incorporated. Continue to beat until frosting is very smooth.
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Store in the refrigerator after use.
