Cream Cheese Frosting

• Ingredients
• 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick), room temperature
• 8 oz of Philly cream cheese (1 package), room temperature
• 2 - 3 cups of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1. Method
2. 1 With an electric mixer, mix the butter and cream cheese together, about 3 minutes on medium speed until very smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing.
3. 2 Add the vanilla extract and mix. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Keep adding until you get to desired sweetness and thickness.
4. 3 Either spread on with a blunt knife or spatula, or spoon into a piping bag to decorate your cake or cupcake.
5. Variations:
6. Adding a teaspoon of Chinese Five Spice is always great for exotic chocolate cakes.
7. Adding freshly ground ginger helps spice up a carrot cake.
8. Freshly ground chai spice or even the contents of a bag of earl grey tea are heady and aromatic.
9. The scrapings from a vanilla bean can be very sweet and heavenly for red velvet or dark chocolate cakes.
10. Freshly grated or dried, flaked coconut mixed in makes it perfect for a coconut cake.

ingredients, butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/cream-cheese-frosting-52440601 (may not work)