The Best Basic Cream Cheese Icing

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Level: Easy

Serves: 12

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Description

It takes 5 minutes to make homemade icing and it tastes so much better than any store purchased can of muck. Why wouldn’t you make your own?

Ingredients

  • ½ cups Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
  • 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Room Temperature
  • 1  Lemon, Zested
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups Confectioners Sugar

Preparation

In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and lemon zest for 2 minutes, on medium speed. Add the vanilla, and continue to cream for 1 minute. Decrease the speed to low, slowly add the sugar 1/2 cup at a time, and mix for an additional 2 minutes.

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