excellent frosting but made a boatload with all the sugar..enough for more like 2 cakes.
Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting
Create a festive frosting for a holiday dessert by adding peppermint extract to rich cream cheese.
This recipe goes with Red Velvet Peppermint Cake
Yield: about 5 cups
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Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 (2-pound) package powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract*
Preparation
- Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at low speed until smooth. Add extract, beating until blended.
- *2 teaspoons vanilla extract may be substituted.
- For Quick Peppermint Frosting, stir together 3 (16-ounce) containers ready-to-spread cream cheese frosting and 2 teaspoons peppermint extract.
Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Cakes/Frostings
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Dairy
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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