Cream Cheese Frosting for Red Velvet Cake

Alton Brown

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2011

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Devil Of A Cake

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Total Time:
17 min
Prep
10 min
Inactive
7 min
Yield:
about 3 cups
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 13 1/2 ounces powdered sugar
  • 12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Pinch kosher salt

Directions

Combine the cream cheese and butter on medium speed, just until blended, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla and salt and beat until combined. With the speed on low, add the powdered sugar in 4 batches, beating until smooth between each addition. Refrigerate for 5 to 10 minutes before using.

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  • on April 07, 2012

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    Great easy to make recipe. It also tasted like cream cheese unlike some recipes. It was easy to pipe onto a cookie cake when all was said and done.

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