Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

1 8-oz package cream cheese, softened

1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened

2 t. vanilla

5 3/4 to 6 1/4 c. sifted powdered sugar

Recipe:

1. Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups of the powdered sugar, beating well.

2. Gradually beat in additional powdered sugar to reach spreading consistency.

3. This frosts tops and sides of two 8- or 9-inch layers. Halve the recipe to frost a 13x9x2-inch cake.

4. Cover and store frosted cake in the refrigerator.

Rating: 3.5 of 5

This is a pretty good recipe for cream cheese frosting, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. I could probably tweak it enough to get it to the taste I want though. Pretty good on just normal cake box cupcakes (that's what we made this week), but I think it would be delicious on red velvet.

Source: Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book, pg. 171