Cupcake Frosting Recipe

Our go-to cupcake frosting recipe. This vanilla frosting always gets rave reviews and doubles as a perfect cake frosting!

⏱ 10 min 🔨 Prep 10min 📊 Easy 🍽 24 servings ⭐ 4.9 (344) 👁 7
Cupcake Frosting Recipe

Ingredients

24 servings

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer, whip the cold heavy cream on high speed (1-2 minutes) until thick, fluffy and spreadable.
  2. In a second mixing bowl (using the same electric mixer - no need to wash it), beat cream cheese and powdered sugar. Start on low speed to incorporate then beat on high speed for 2 minutes until creamy and whipped, then beat in 1 tsp vanilla extract
  3. Use a spatula to gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mix until well blended. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes or cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Nutrition per serving

Protein1g
Carbs11g
Fat9g
123kcal
1gProtein
11gCarbs
9gFat

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$473.00
Per Serving
$20.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$946.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (100% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
cream cheese 8 oz $337.00
powdered sugar 2 cups $25.00
heavy whipping cream 0.5 cups $35.00
vanilla extract 1 tsp $76.00

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Cupcake Frosting Recipe

Ingredients:
  • 8 oz cream cheese (at room temperature)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar ((confectioners sugar))
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream ((keep chilled until ready to use))
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

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