How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting for your Red Velvet Cake
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The challenge for this recipe is to keep from eating all of it while you decorate your cake :)
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Things You'll Need
- 1 - 8 ounce pkg of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 1 box of powdered sugar
- 1 stick of unsalted butter (or margarine), softened at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (preferably clear)
Instructions
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Beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
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Add box of powered sugar and mix well, slowly at first.
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Mix in vanilla extract.
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Spread on a cool cake.
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Tips & Warnings
You can add chopped pecans to the cream cheese icing, if you prefer.
Watch out for a powdered sugar cloud if you start the mixer on too high of a setting after you dump the box in.
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I am making this today.
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best recipe ever.
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Jessie Fitzgerald
Oct 21, 2008
Fantastic, yummy recipe -
kathrynlkovacs
Oct 10, 2008
This is a great recipe. My cousin made a red velvet cake for her daughters bridal shower. Cream cheese frosting is the best icing for a red velvet cake. At the request of the bride the cream cheese icing was made minus the vanilla extract. I had my doubts but surprisingly it was very good.
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Donna R
Oct 04, 2008
This is so easy and yummy. If you ever make it, you'll be baking more just so you won't eat it directly from the bowl :)
