Cream cheese frosting
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes enough to ice 12 cupcakes or fill and ice a 20cm cake
Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter, softened and cubed
- 300g icing sugar, sifted
- 200g soft cheese
Method
- STEP 1
Beat the soften butter using either a hand mixer or free-standing electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add the icing sugar in 3 separate additions and beat fully between each. Add the soft cheese until fully combine. On full speed beat the buttercream for at least 5 minutes until fluffy, smooth and lighten in colour.
- STEP 2
Spread and fill a 20cm cake or fill a large pipping bag and pipe over cupcakes.