Cream Cheese Icing
June 30, 2001 Lynn R. - Home Cook
About
This recipe is a basic frosting that I use for carrot cake. Makes about 2 cups.
Ingredients
| Cream cheese | 8 oz pkg | |
| Icing sugar | 2 cups (or to taste) | |
| Vanilla | 1/2 tsp |
Directions
- Beat cream cheese and vanilla in electric mixer.
- Add icing sugar until mixture reaches consistency of icing (about 2 cups).
- Frost cake.
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Those wishing to reduce the sugar in this recipe could try replacing one cup with a few drops of liquid stevia extract. The number of drops will depend on the potency of the stevia. Check the label for its sweetness equivalency to sugar.