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A cake on a stand covered in cream cheese frosting.

Easy Cream Cheese Frosting

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 4 ingredient cream cheese frosting, best cream cheese frosting
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 3 cups (about)
Calories: 3257kcal
Author: Malinda Linnebur
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Ingredients

  • 8 ounces (224g) full fat block style cream cheese, room temperature
  • ½ cup (113g) butter, room temperature
  • 3½ cups (350g) confectioners' sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

  • In the bowl of your stand mixer add the cream cheese and butter. With the whisk attachment beat on high just until smooth. Scrape down the sides often.
  • Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat on low for 30 seconds then on high speed just until light and fluffy. Scrape down bowl often.

Notes

  1. Storage: Store leftover frosting in the refrigerator up to 5 days. Allow to come to room temperature and whip a little before using. Can also freeze for up to 3 months.
  2. Amount: This makes enough to generously frost 12 cupcakes or 1 9x13 cake. To frost a 2 layer cake make 1.5x the amount. So 12 ounces cream cheese, 3/4 cup butter, 5 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
  3. Nutrition Facts: Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the information shown is just an estimate. Nutrition information shown for the entire batch of frosting. 

Nutrition

Calories: 3257kcal | Carbohydrates: 425g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 171g | Saturated Fat: 108g | Cholesterol: 494mg | Sodium: 1330mg | Potassium: 316mg | Sugar: 412g | Vitamin A: 1025IU | Calcium: 275mg | Iron: 1mg