Cream Cheese Icing
A classic, creamy and subtly sweet cream cheese icing that is cinnamon scented and perfect to pair with cupcakes and a favorite to top a carrot cake.
Prep:
2
minutes
Cook:
10
minutes
TOtal:
12
minutes
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temp) (diced)
- 4 ounces butter (room temp) (diced)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ΒΌ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Once the cream cheese is at room temperature, dice it and put it in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer and add the vanilla, cinnamon, and salt.. Put on the paddle attachment and mix on medium-low speed.
- Once the mixture is softened (about 3-5 minutes), stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and the paddle to ensure all cream cheese is being mixed. Continue to mix the mixture for another minute.
- While mixing on a medium speed, add the butter, one piece at a time, being sure that each piece is completely mixed into the cream cheese before adding another.
- Once fully incorporated, stream in the powdered sugar, while continuing to mix on low speed until everything comes together. Taste for seasoning and use accordingly.
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