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I have been blessed to have this incredible cream cheese frosting that forms a nice crust so it is ideal for decorating cakes. It tastes so good that i’ve been using this recipe more than any other frosting recipe i have.

Decorator’s Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of shortening
    1/2 cup (one stick) unsalted butter @ room temp
    1 8oz bar cream cheese @ room temp
    1 tblsp white vanilla extract
    2 lbs shifted powder sugar
    1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

    Cream together shortening, butter, and cream cheese until nice and smooth. Add vanilla into mixture and combine. Sift together sugar and salt, and slowly add to shortening, butter & cheese mixture. Make sure that all sugar is incorporated. Enjoy!

  2. *If to stiff of a consistency use less sugar but all the salt or gradually add milk to make the perfect consistency!