Pinterest Review: Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting

Jeff & I had (unfortunately) been really craving sweets.  I knew we had a cake mix in the cupboard, and it was going to expire soon (gasp!), so I figured that would be a good dessert.

If only we had frosting.

Wait!  We had bought six bricks of cream cheese at the store (but no bagels and no cherry Jell-o), so off I went to Pinterest to find a good cream cheese frosting recipe.  I looked at a few before pinning this one:

Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

2 8-oz. packages cream cheese (light works fine, although it will yield a slightly softer frosting) at almost room temperature
1/2 cup salted butter at almost room temperature
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract

Instructions:

Whip together the cream cheese, butter, and extract until light and fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar and whip until smooth and fully incorporated.  Refrigerate any leftovers (or anything you’ve frosted that doesn’t get eaten immediately).

The post, over on Our Best Bites, said that this results in frosting where you can taste the cream cheese and it's not overly sweet.  I can tell you that's accurate!  I did add another half cup of powdered sugar, and a smidge more vanilla, but that's it.  It really does taste like spreadable cheesecake.  And the recipe made so much that I have leftovers.  In the fridge.  And if I know what's good for me, I will put that bag in the freezer so my spoon stops finding it...


And I had all but one of the ingredients!  Yeay for me!