Cream Cheese Frosting
If you've got these four basic ingredients on hand you can make your own cream cheese frosting recipe from scratch faster than making a trip to the store for purchased frosting. Spread it onto red velvet cake, pumpkin bars, carrot cake, or another favorite dessert.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens
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Credit: Andy Lyons
Recipe Summary
Ingredients
Directions
Cocoa-Cream Cheese Frosting:
Prepare as above, except beat 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder into the cream cheese mixture and reduce powdered sugar to 5 to 5 1/2 cups.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving:
348 calories; fat 14g; cholesterol 41mg; saturated fat 9g; carbohydrates 56g; mono fat 4g; poly fat 1g; sugars 55g; protein 1g; vitamin a 485.9IU; folate 4mcg; vitamin b12 0.1mcg; sodium 116mg; potassium 30mg; calcium 20.2mg.