Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting Food

NUTTY CREAM CHEESE AMERETTO FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the frosting by adding the softened butter and cream cheese to a medium size bowl, and beat till creamy, then add about half of the powdered sugar and beat again till well mixed.
• 2. Then add remaining powdered sugar, almond extract, and amaretto, beat till incorporated into frosting.
• 3. Then with a spatula fold in the chopped nuts and stir till nuts are blended into frosting. Then frost cake or cup Cakes as desired.

CHERRY NUT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speen until creamy.
• Add vanilla and coconut extract. Gradually add powered sugar, beating well.
• Fold in pecans and cherries.

COCO NUT CAKE AND COCONUT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• • Cake: Blend cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil.
• Beat 4 (and four is underlined) minutes medium speed.
• Stir in coconut and nuts.
• Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-inch layer pans.
• Bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
• Cool in pans 15 minutes.
• Chen cool, frost with coconut cream cheese frosting (recipe included here).
• • Frosting: Melt 1/2 of butter in skillet and add coconut. Stir constantly (that is underlined) over low heat until golden brown.
• Spread coconut on paper towels to cool.
• Cream other 1/2 of butter with cream cheese, add milk beat in sugar gradually.
• Blend in vanilla.
• Stir in 1 3/4 cups coconut.
• Spread on tops of layers. Sprinkle remaining coconut on top.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat the softened butter to a soft and even consistency. Add the orange juice, if using, then the icing sugar. Cream until you have a smooth, soft buttercream consistency.
• Add the cream cheese and work it in - don't beat it in, just slowly mix with a wooden spoon. Depending on how soft the mixture is, you may want to put it in the fridge for 10 mins at this point. If it's runny, it will firm up again. It should be spreadable and not run off the cake.

SWEET CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Blend softened cheese and butter in mixer.
• Blend and whip in the sugar and vanilla.
• Beat in cream or milk, 1 tsp at a time, until the desired consistency is obtained.
• Ready to spread.

CREAM CHEESE WITH BUTTERED PECAN FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream together butter, cream cheese and confectioners sugar, add milk last.
• Add enough milk to make creamy (1 or 2 tablespoons) according to how creamy you want your frosting.
• Brown pecans in 3 TBLspoons of butter.
• Frost between each layer and sprinkle with browned nuts.
• Frost side of cake and pat on remaining nuts.
• Frost top of cake.
• NOTE: Use this on the NUTTY CREAM CHEESE CAKE.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Using a mixer, blend the cream cheese and butter until well combined and creamy.
• With the mixer on low, add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing completely with each addition.
• Add the lemon extract and vanilla, and whip for one minute.

ITALIAN CREAM CAKE WITH NUTTY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Set oven at 350°F.
• Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Add vanilla, beat until blended.
• Combine flour and soda; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until blended after each addition.
• Stir in coconut.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, fold into batter.
• Pour batter into three greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
• FROSTING:.
• Place pecans in a shallow pan; bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until roasted, stirring occasionally. Cool.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Add sugar, beating at low speed until blended.
• Beat at high speed until smooth; stir in pecans.
• Yield: about 4 cups.
• ASSMBLE:.
• Spread Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with pecans if desired.
• Yield: one (3-layer) cake.