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Cream Cheese Frosting for Bars or Cakes

The perfect frosting for your cake!
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10
Calories: 347kcal
Author: Sula

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter softened (1 stick)
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1-2 teaspoon milk
  • 4-5 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
    ½ cup butter, 8 oz cream cheese
  • Begin adding powdered sugar, about a cup at a time, and beat until fully incorporated. Add vanilla in between the sugar additions.
    4-5 cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • As frosting begins to get very thick, add milk, one teaspoon at a time, to help loosen it up. Adjust amounts of sugar and milk if needed to achieve the perfect spreading consistency.
    1-2 teaspoon milk

Notes

If you need extra frosting, such as for a 3-layer cake, you can increase the powdered sugar to 6 cups and add more milk as needed to get the right consistency.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 31mg | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 588IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.