How to make cream cheese frosting?!


Question: How to make cream cheese frosting!?
my cream cheese frosting is good tasteing but i want it to look thick white and fluffy,
heres my recipe, can somebody tell me what i'm doing wrong!?
8 ounces creamcheese
1/2 cup butter
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
* do you think if i add milk to it it will make it creamy er!?
like this one!?
3 oz cream cheese
3/4 butter
2 1/2 confectioner sugar
1 TB milk
1 tp!. of vanilla
* can you please tell me what i'm doing wrong, so that i can make it fluffy white and creamyWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Here's an excellent Cream Cheese Frosting recipe:
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Cream-Chees!.!.!.
It has more cream cheese than the two you posted!. This recipe made very thick and creamy frosting, but I did use an electric hand mixer when I made it!.
also make sure your butter is soft, but not too soft or your frosting won't be thick!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I use this recipe:
? 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, cold (very important) !.!.!.!.!.? 1/2 cup butter, softened !.!.!.!.!.? 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar !.!.!.!.!.? 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1!. In a medium bowl, cream together the cold cream cheeses and butter until creamy!.
2!. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar!. Store in the refrigerator after use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

To make it fluffy, make sure you're whipping it with an electric mixer!.

Whip the butter and cream cheese first until it's soft and fluffy, and then SLOWLY add the powdered sugar, in stages until it's all added!. Add the vanilla last!.

It's not about what you put IN it, it's about the method you make it with!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Im more of a buy-it-already-packaged-girlWww@FoodAQ@Com

Cream Cheese Frosting II SUBMITTED BY: Janni PHOTO BY: Caroline
"This is a wonderfully creamy frosting that goes well with pumpkin bread, carrot cake, chocolate cake, on cookies, or between cookies!. If you want chocolate frosting, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup cocoa, according to how rich you want it!."

PREP TIME 10 Min
READY IN 10 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 3 cups
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INGREDIENTS
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy!. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar!. Store in the refrigerator after use!.

Cream Cheese Frosting ?

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe


Cream cheese frosting is a baking basic!. It's perfect for practically any cake and any leftovers are great dolloped onto some freshly cut fruit!. This is the basic recipe, you can reduce the amount of butter if you want a bit more tang, and increase or decrease the sugar according to your taste!. Dress up with ginger, vanilla bean, or coconut flakes!. I've listed some of my favorite variations at the end of the recipe!.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Ingredients
1/2 cup of butter (1 stick), room temperature
8 oz of Philly cream cheese (1 package), room temperature
2 - 3 cups of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Method
1 With an electric mixer, mix the butter and cream cheese together, about 3 minutes on medium speed until very smooth!. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing!.

2 Add the vanilla extract and mix!. Slowly add the powdered sugar!. Keep adding until you get to desired sweetness!.

3 Either spread on with a blunt knife or spatula, or spoon into a piping bag to decorate your cake or cupcake!.

Variations:

Adding a teaspoon of Chinese Five Spice is always great for exotic chocolate cakes!.
Adding freshly ground ginger helps spice up a carrot cake!.
Freshly ground chai spice or even the contents of a bag of earl grey tea are heady and aromatic!.
The scrapings from a vanilla bean can be very sweet and heavenly for red velvet or dark chocolate cakes!.
Freshly grated or dried, flaked coconut mixed in makes it perfect for a coconut cake!.

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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Please welcome Simply Recipes guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic!. ~Elise

Red velvet cake is classic Americana cooking with its roots in the south!. Deliciously festive, moist, flavorful, and maybe a hint of playful tackiness it's a dessert that has gained newfound popularity in bakeries coast to coast!.

If you haven't had it before red velvet is like yellow cake but with a little kiss on the cheek of chocolate!. The red color can come from beets or even strawberries but personally I unapologetically prefer red food dye and in large quantities as it does a better job of disguising the brown chocolate without altering the flavor!. Be sure to be careful when putting this recipe together as the batter can stain, so you may not want kids putting it together (better to put them on frosting duty)!.

Adapted into little red cupcakes and topped with a dollop of cream cheese frosting, they make for a colorful and tasty dessert for late winter picnics and are especially sweet for Valentine's Day or for the Fourth of July if adorned with some blueberries!.

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter, room temperature
2 eggs, room temperature
2 1/3 cups of cake flour
2 tablespoons of Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of buttermilk*
1 1/2 tablespoons of red food coloring
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of distilled white vinegar
Frosting ingredients

1/2 cup of butter (1 stick), room temperature
8 oz of Philly cream cheese (1 package), room temperature
2 - 3 cups of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
*You can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar to milk and letting it stand for about 10 minutes!.


Method
The cupcakes

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F!. Beat the butter and sugar in an electric mixer for 3 minutes on medium speed until light and fluffy!.

2 Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is fully incorporated!. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure even mixing!.

3 In a large bowl, sift together the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt!. In another bowl whisk together the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract, and red food coloring!.

4 Add a fourth of the dry ingredients and mix, then add a third of the wet!. Continue adding in a dry, wet, dry pattern, ending with the dry ingredients!.

5 Scoop into cupcake papers, about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way full!. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean!. Rotate the pan after the first 15 minutes of baking to ensure even baking!.

6 Allow to cool for one minute in the pan then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely!. Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cupcakes!.

The Frosting

1 Cream the butter and cream cheese together, about 3 minutes!. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing!.

2 Add the vanilla extract and mix!.

3 Add the powdered sugar, continually taste to get to desired sweetness!. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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