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Cream Cheese Frosting

How do you make cream cheese icing for cupcakes? Thank you. --Loretta
Hi Loretta, I have a couple of recipes for cream cheese frosting you could use. The first is a traditional recipe and is part of my Christmas Tree Cake recipe: Beat together 6 ounces softened cream cheese and 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter until creamy. Add 2 cups confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon juice and beat until creamy. You might also want to add a pinch or two of salt.    The other recipe is a little different in that it uses brown sugar, which gives the frosting a deeper flavor. You can find the directions in my Blackberry Spice Cake recipe. I think either frosting would be great on cupcakes!

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