Cream Cheese Frosting without Butter
This cream cheese frosting is not only as delicious as it should be, it crusts so perfectly and works well in warm temperatures too!
Servings: 400 g
Calories: 4.4kcal
Ingredients
- 300 g powdered sugar sifted
- 90 g cream cheese firm
- 30 g shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Sift the powdered sugar to break all lumps. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese and shortening until well combined and creamy.
- Add the sugar and mix with a spoon until the sugar is well moistened. Continue to cream the frosting on medium high speed until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Add vanilla extract and continue beating until the icing becomes light and fluffy.
- Color if you wish and use as desired.
Notes
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- To make almond flavored frosting, replace the vanilla extract with almond extract.
- To make chocolate cream cheese frosting, sift in one tablespoon of cocoa powder into the frosting at the end and mix well.
- To make lemon cream cheese frosting, add one teaspoon of grated lemon rind and one teaspoon of lemon juice to the cream cheese after creaming it.
- Powdered sugar is often lumpy. It needs to be sifted to break the lumps before using it for any type of frosting. The sugar lumps, though very tiny, are difficult to break even with high speed mixing. And they can cause unsightly lumps in your otherwise smooth frosting.
- These sugar lumps can obstruct the holes in your piping tips especially those with small holes. Similarly the cocoa powder when making chocolate flavored frosting.
- When adding the powdered sugar into the creamed cheese, beating on high speed will result in the sugar flying all over. Best way is to mix it in lightly with a spatula on use a very low speed until the sugar is fairly mixed into the cream cheese before using the mixer or increasing its speed.
Nutrition
Calories: 4.4kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.8g | Protein: 0.01g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 0.2mg | Sodium: 0.7mg | Potassium: 0.3mg | Sugar: 0.7g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Calcium: 0.2mg | Iron: 0.001mg