Super Easy Whipped Cream Frosting
"This is a fluffy, light frosting that holds its shape well. It's more stable than regular whipped cream and is perfect for any make-ahead dessert!"
photo by Chef Gorete
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 8 ounces cream, cheese*
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 3⁄4 cups heavy cream, cold
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
directions
- Place the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl and beat on medium-low speed until smooth.
- Turn the mixer down to medium-low speed and pour the heavy cream down the side of the bowl in a very slow and steady stream, stopping every now and then to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula.
- When all the cream has been added, turn the mixer up to medium-high and whip until the frosting holds stiff peaks.
- Fold in the vanilla extract, if using.
- *The cream cheese can be used cold, it does not need to be room temperature.
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Reviews
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Really nice light icing, excellent alternative to a sugary buttercream. Held form really nicely and was able to pipe with ease.
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I made my icing with strawberry cream cheese ! Wow on a white cake! Thank You for this idea of cream cheese in the whip cream Iceing.. Its a Big hit around my house. -
This recipe has great flavor but it doesn’t set up like frosting. It sets up more like cool whip. Even when the whip cream was at a stiff peak phase it wasn’t a sustained stiff peak, it slowly receded back to about 1/2 of the original. Having cooked and baked for 47 years I wondered about the recipe and how it was going to sufficiently setup when it has only 1C powdered sugar in it.
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