i love cupcakes. the icing to cake ratio is much better with a cupcake than with a regular cake. you need to know that i could care less about the cake part. all i want is the icing. and yes, it is icing, not frosting. i am southern.
last year we discovered the best homemade icing recipe ever. if you like good things in your life, make this now and ice some cupcakes to share with friends. they will feel very loved. unless they are diabetic, like my father-in-law. i just tried to get him to eat one and he thought i was trying to kill him. oops. it was still a great easter.
here is the recipe:
8 oz cream cheese (the real stuff)
4 oz butter (also the real stuff)
3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar – sifted
1/2 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
last year we discovered the best homemade icing recipe ever. if you like good things in your life, make this now and ice some cupcakes to share with friends. they will feel very loved. unless they are diabetic, like my father-in-law. i just tried to get him to eat one and he thought i was trying to kill him. oops. it was still a great easter.
here is the recipe:
8 oz cream cheese (the real stuff)
4 oz butter (also the real stuff)
3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar – sifted
1/2 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
cream the butter, cheese, and salt in a stand mixer (you can use a hand mixer) until light and fluffy. gradually add the sugar until incorporated. then add the vanilla. and done. ice those cupcakes or brownies or that cake. in this instance i used strawberry cupcakes, but it is great with chocolate or anything, really. try not to lick your fingers. you won’t be able to stop yourself. enjoy.
now that you’re done, lick that bowl clean. you deserve it. you worked hard. well, your mixer worked hard, but still. 
I just made some similar to this for Easter! I added lemon juice to mine for lemon cupcakes. I love icing, too! (Yes, I’m from the South)
That looks delicious!! Can’t wait to try it
Wow, does that sound goooood! BTW, I say ‘icing,’ too, and I’m from New York. I never really paid attention to how others say it around here–it could be I say ‘icing,’ because my mother and father came from Ohio.
I’m thinking that frosting would be really yummy on strawberries–you could scrape the leftovers in the bowl with strawberries, LOL!
I just made cupcakes over the weekend and was SO disappointed with the Betty Crocker frosting recipe. It tasted like crusty powdered sugar! Yuck. I’m excited to try your recipe now – thanks for sharing 🙂
I loved it! Thanks for sharing!
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I love me some cream cheese icing too! I just put some on my carrot cake cupcakes I made for Easter and I added just a little cinnamon to it for a kick. Yum!!
I’m glad your father-in-law survived the temptation! These cupcakes look great…I couldn’t have resisted!
Oh that looks so good. I have such a sweet tooth! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment. I hope you will come back again!
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YUM!!! This sounds amazing, I can almost taste it!
I, too, am a much bigger fan of cupcakes because of the cake to frosting ratio. It’s just science. 😉
Found you @ The Girl Creative! Thanks for posting there so I could see this and want to make it! 🙂
Well, I am all about the “Frosting” but, either way…..that stuff looks pretty delicious!! Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
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Well, maybe i will get it right this time!
oh Yeah, great irresistible icing recipe. You have a super cute blog!
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It looks and sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it. I bet it would make a great fruit dip for strawberries.;-)
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ooooh, can’t wait to try this!
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ooooh, can’t wait to try this!
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I love icing and I love cream cheese, so this is perfect! Can’t wait to try it!
Yummy!!! I’m going to try this recipe. I’ve been wanting to make cupcakes, so this is perfect. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Sounds yummy. Always looking for a great frosting recipe. My personal fave though is the 7-minute frosting. Oh my! I could eat the whole mixing bowl!!! tHANKS FOR SHARING THE RECIPE!
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This looks delicious! I have been looking for a good icing.
yum! tha icine recipe looks delish! I will have to try that…I always do love a good cupcake!
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I’m the self-proclaimed Box Cake Queen! I like to make them taste homemade! I’m going to try this icing on my next set of cupcakes!