I’m so excited I can’t even handle it!! I am finally sharing with you my most favorite and perfect Cream Cheese Frosting. It’s the best ever. Did you even see how long it takes you?!
Difficulty: Level 1 (easy peasy)
Total Time: 10 mins
I have made you the perfect cream cheese frosting. This is to go with me perfect sugar cookies. But really cream cheese frosting goes with so many things. Like cupcakes, red velvet cake, maybe this giant cinnamon roll, graham crackers (um, best snack ever btw).
I don’t think I could ever get sick of cream cheese frosting. When you get tired of the usual old buttercream, just whip up a batch of this and it will change everything.
It will take those typical sugar cookies from good, to extraordinary. It will take your cupcakes to an entirely new level. And who doesn’t want cream cheese frosting on their cinnamon rolls?
Easy. Delicious. Can go with like 5,38,483 different desserts, breakfasts or snacks. Like totally O.M.G.
Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese - softened
- 1/2 cup butter - softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 - 2 lb bag powdered sugar
Instructions
- Step 1: In a standing mixer, mix together the cream cheese and butter.
- Step 2: Add in the sour cream and vanilla, mix well.
- Step 3: Turn the mixer on low and slowly add in the powdered sugar.
- Step 4: Continue mixing until all ingredients are incorporated and you have the perfect frosting texture.
How do I print a recipe with out getting 9 or so pages of ad’s
Hi Kathy! I’m sorry you are having problems printing the recipe! No one wants ads all over their recipe 🙂 If you click on the “print” button in the recipe box, it should only print out one page. Please, let me know if this doesn’t work and you are still experiencing problems. Thank you!
Fantastic recipe!
Thanks Dallin! 🙂
Love great cream cheese frosting. Thanks.
Me too!
That is easy! Cream cheese frosting is my favorite, so I will definitely be saving this for later.
Yay! It’s my favorite too 🙂 Thanks Julie!
Yum this looks better than the one I use!
I hope you like it!!
You can spread cheesecake on a box and I would probably try to eat it! Lol! Cheescake frosting is my all time favorite, yumminess! I’m a horrible baker, but will give this a try. =)
Right?! It’s my favorite too, and it’s good on EVERYTHING! You can totally do this 🙂
Wow. Those look perfect. And cream cheese frosting is my absolute favorite!
Thanks Kim! It’s my fave too 🙂
Your photo completely captures the rich, creamy deliciousness of my very favorite frosting. Oh, why is this stuff so bad for us? LOL
Why thank you Carol! I know…I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Love this!! I’m a sucker for a good cream cheese frosting recipe. Thanks
January
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Thanks January! You can’t go wrong with cream cheese frosting 🙂
I adore cream cheese frosting, so, yum!
So do I! It’s the best frosting ever.
I love these! The photos are also amazing- great job. I love holiday baking as well 🙂
Thank you so much Rachel! Gotta love the holidays and all the treats 🙂
Looks so good… and simple! I promise you – I would eat the whole bowl of this (without any cake)! 🙂
OMG so would I! I could eat it by the spoonful!
I’m quite partial to a cream cheese frosting over a buttercream one. Your photos are lovely-those cookies look tasty!
So am I 🙂 nothing beats a cream cheese frosting! Thank you so much Angie!
Cream cheese frosting trumps buttercream any day of the week, especially around the holidays!
Absolutely! The holidays are not quite the holidays if you don’t make anything with cream cheese frosting 😉
I wanted to lick the cream cheese frosting through the computer screen! Your pictures are that good! I’ve never heard of sour cream in cream cheese frosting!! I will give this a try. Pinning!
Lol thank you Elizabeth! I am sure that the sour cream is the secret ingredient to making this cream cheese frosting AMAZING! Thanks for pinning, I hope you enjoy!
I’ve never made cream cheese frosting, but think that I could tackle this! How long does it take to “soften” the cream cheese. I left mine on the counter for a different recipe for an hour and it seemed soft, but when I used my mixer to cream it, it left little chunks.
Great question! I should put something in there about “softening”. So I usually cheat, I put the cream cheese in the microwave! I start at about 20 seconds and it seems to do the trick 🙂 If you are experiences chunks of cream cheese, just keep mixing on step 1 – sometimes I have to mix it up to a minute to get it really smooth. Or, you could even start mixing just the cream cheese by itself before you mix the other ingredients into it. Let me know if this helps and if you have any other questions!
AH! I am attending a housewarming this weekend and now I know what I need to bring! Cupcakes with this frosting :]
xx katie // a touch of teal
Awesome! I hope they turned out amazing :))
I can’t even handle how much I love cream cheese frosting. YUM!
Is it not the greatest thing ever??
I really needed a good frosting Recipe! Thanks!
Oh good! Thanks Shadi!
Thank you for the suggestions! I think I will try the microwave tip next time. I think when I am baking I just get too impatient and add items before the cream cheese is smooth.
I can totally relate to being impatient when baking! Hopefully it works out for you next time!
How much does it make?? How many cups of frosting?
Hi Jeanette! I have to say I haven’t actually measured it by cups. But I would guess 3-4 cups 🙂
Yum, I’ll have to try this!
Xx Taylor
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Most cream cheese recipes don’t have the sour cream in it. What does it do to make the frosting different from others?
Hey Ashley! This is adapted from my grandmas recipe and she always used sour cream. It is totally random and different than most recipes! But I think it makes the frosting smoother and balances out some of the powder sugar flavor. Let me know if you try it and how you like it!