Cream cheese frosting is a favorite at our house. It’s requested almost every birthday. I guess it doesn’t shock me though, because we all love cheese! Some people are turned off by the idea of cream cheese in frosting. Who would want to eat sweet cheese? Well let me tell you, sweet cheese is where it’s at. This particular frosting is a mixture of butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and flavorings. The most common use of cream cheese in frosting that I see is on carrot cakes and red velvet. But there are so many other uses if you tweak the flavor profile slightly. Dressing it up or down, allows…
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Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream, sounds fancy doesn’t it? You don’t need to speak Swiss (fun fact: people from Switzerland don’t speak Swiss) to make it. And even though it sounds fancy, doesn’t mean that it’s that hard. It’s my favorite kind of frosting, and just about the only kind I use on cakes that I make for friends and family. So what exactly is Swiss Meringue Buttercream (SMB)? And what makes it so special? SMB starts by making a cooked meringue. You heat egg whites and sugar to 165 degrees, and then whip it into meringue, with stiff peaks. To that meringue, you add room temperature butter and flavoring to…
