Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream cheese frosting is a topping required for cakes, cupcakes, cookies and any left over desserts. You can also have a delicious fruit salad, when cheese cream frosting is mixed with freshly cut fruit.

For all you frosting lovers, here are some cream cheese frosting recipes with desserts.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Ingredients

• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• Butter at room temperature, 1 cup
• Powered sugar, 3 cups
• Cream cheese (1 pack) at room temperature, 9 oz

Preparation

1. Take a large bowl and add the butter and cream cheese. With an electric mixer, mix it for 3 minutes on medium speed until it becomes very smooth. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl with a spoon, so that both the ingredients are evenly mixed.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and mix. Add the powered sugar and keep mixing until you are satisfied with the thickness and the sweetness. You can add more sugar if you want. Your cream cheese frosting is ready
3. Spread it on a cake or a cupcake with a blunt knife or a food turner. You can also empty the bowl in a piping bag to decorate desserts like fruit salad and cookies.

Cream Cheese Frosting for Carrot Cake

I love carrot cakes, they are one of my favorite non chocolate cakes. It was a Sunday and I had to get up early and go to work the next day. I had a lovely dinner with my friends and wanted a perfect end to it. So decided to make carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. This piece of heaven is relatively light and simple to make.
Ingredients for Carrot Cake

• Baking powder, 2 tsp
• All-purpose flour, 2 tsp
• Baking soda, 2 tsp
• Salt, 1 tsp
• Grained sugar and brown sugar, 1 cup each
• Large eggs, 4
• Peeled carrots, 2 cup
• Crushed pineapple, 9 ounces
• Grated coconut, 4 cups

Ingredients for Cream Cheese Frosting

• Cream cheese, should be soft and cool, 8 ounces
• Soft butter, 5 ounces
• Vanilla essence, 1 tsp
• Powered sugar, 4 cups

Method

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 350˚F. Take a 13 by 9 inch baking pan and grease it with vegetable oil.
2. In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; keep the bowl aside.
3. Grate carrots with a grater and set them aside. In a large bowl add eggs, brown and grained sugar and mix it with a mixer for about a minute. Reduce the speed and add oil. Increase the speed and mix until the mixture is blended properly.
4. Reduce the speed of the mixture and add all the dry ingredients (salt, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, flour and nutmeg) also add the carrots, pineapple and grated coconut and mix it properly.
5. Pour this mixture in the baking pan and heat till 40 minutes. To see if the cake is ready insert a toothpick or a skewer and see if it comes out clean.
6. Allow the cake to cool at room temperature for 1 hour.
7. Mix butter, cheese cream and vanilla essence at medium speed in a bowl with the mixer for 40 seconds. Now add the powdered sugar and mix for 1 minute.
8. Using a blunt knife spread the frosting on the cake and cut in to even pieces and serve.

Cream Cheese Frosting for Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients

• All-purpose flour, 2 cups
• Salt, 1 tsp
• Baking soda, 1 tsp
• Sugar, 2 cups
• Vegetable oil, 1 cup
• Cocoa powder, 1 tsp
• Large eggs, 2
• Buttermilk, 1 cup
• Red food color, 2 tsp
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• White distilled vinegar, 1 tsp

Ingredients for the Cream Cheese Frosting

• Cream cheese, 1 pound
• Butter, 2 ounces
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• Chopped raspberries or strawberries for garnish
• Powdered sugar, 4 cups

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Take a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake papers.
2. In a medium bowl mix flour, baking soda, sugar and cocoa powder. In a separate bowl beat oil, eggs, buttermilk, food color, vinegar and vanilla with an electric mixer. Add the wet ingredients in the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
3. Split the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. Bake in the oven for about 22 minutes.
4. To see if the cupcakes are ready check with a toothpick. Remove from the oven and cool at room temperature.

Preparation of Cream Cheese Frosting
In a large bowl mix the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar beat until finely mixed. Mix the batter until it is light and fluffy. Pour it in a piping bag and pipe it on the cup cakes. Garnish the frosting with raspberries or strawberries.

Cream Cheese Frosting Without Powdered Sugar
Ingredients

• Milk, 2 cups
• Butter, 2 ounces
• Soft cream cheese, 1 packet
• Vanilla essence, 1 tsp
• Sucralose (sugar substitute)

Sucralose is a non calorie sugar substitute used in baking products and desserts all around America.

Preparation
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and mix with a hand mixer until it is fluffy and smooth. Keep it cool in a refrigerator and spread it on cakes and desserts.

Some Useful Tips

• Add some freshly ground ginger to cheese cream frosting to spice up a carrot cake.
• For frosting of coconut cakes add in some freshly grated coconut.
• For red velvet cakes add small scrapings of vanilla bean.

Writing this article has made my mouth water. Do try any one of the cream cheese frosting and rejuvenate your taste buds. Applying a tasty cream cheese frosting on cakes and cookies will make it more yummier. So what are you waiting for? Try the above mentioned recipes and enjoy!