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Cream Cheese Frosting

Hi Ms. Betty,
I was just wondering if you have any recipes for a really good cream cheese frosting. I make a really good Red Velvet Cake but I fall short when it comes to the frosting. I would really appreciate if you could come up with an easy recipe. Thanks in advance.
--Ericka

Hi Ericka! 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) softened 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. It might be the special touch you are looking for. It’s a part of my Blackberry Spice Cake recipe: Combine 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar and 4 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring continually, until the brown sugar is dissolved; let cool. Place brown sugar mixture, another 4 tablespoons butter, 2 ounces softened cream cheese, 1 (16-ounce) package confectioners' sugar and 1/4 cup milk in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set at medium speed until smooth. I think either frosting would be great on Red Velvet Cake!

What Others Have To Say

Hi Joyce! FYI, for privacy reasons, we don't post users' email addresses on the site, so Ericka would not be able to email you.

But I, for one, would love to try your frosting recipe! Could you post it here?

~Grandma Betty

Ericka:
I have a "to kill" recipe for frosting to put on a Red Velvet cake, but it does not use cream cheese. My kids used to beg to get to eat some plain whenever I was icing the cake. Not too sweet, but delicious. It is a recipe handed down through my husband's family for years. I am at work, but if you want the recipe---e-mail me and I will try to send it too you.

Joyce

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