Cream Cheese Icing

  • Total Time

    5m

  • Serves

    12

  • Skill Level

    Easy

  • 1 Review

    3 star rating

This delicious cream cheese icing recipe is ideal for topping cakes and cupcakes. What's more - you only need three ingredients! It's so simple to make and it's guaranteed to get people asking for seconds. The top 3 recipes for Cream Cheese Icing are: 1. Carrot Cake 2. Carrot Cupcakes 3. Marble Muffins

Method

  1. Soften the butter by using an electric whisk and whipping it for a minute or two

  2. Add the icing sugar to the butter and mix well

  3. Add in the cream cheese (it must be full fat cream cheese) and carefully mix it in being careful not to over mix. 

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Reviews

  1. 3 star rating

    Can you put cream cheese icing on cupcakes?
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    Hi Nicola,

    Absolutely - it is especially delicious on top of Carrot Cupcakes - https://www.bakingmad.com/recipe/carrot-cupcake-with-cream-cheese-icing

    Enjoy!

    The Baking Mad Team

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Ingredients

  • 200g Cream Cheese (Full Fat)
  • 100g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
  • 100g Butter (Softened)

Utensils

  • Electric Whisk
  • Mixing Bowl

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