Wow. Yum. Double yum.
I have to say I've outdone myself with this one. I'm usually pretty modest about my cooking and baking. Always my own worst critic, and that sort of thing. With this frosting, though, I'm feeling a little proud. Just a wee bit.
I was making some vanilla bean cupcakes and decided to change up my usual cream cheese frosting to put on top. Normally, I whip together equal parts of butter and cream cheese and add just enough powdered sugar to make it slightly sweet. This time, though, I wanted to tone down the cream cheese flavor just a bit so the vanilla could really be the star of the show. Instead of throwing all the ingredients into the bowl at once, I decided to take a little more time and attention to detail. After all, these were going to be birthday cupcakes for two special friends.
The result? Light, fluffy, creamy and perfectly delicious vanilla cream cheese frosting. So good that, when a big dollop fell on my kitchen floor, I almost scooped it up and ate it....almost.
Here's the recipe...
