Cupcakes just aren’t cupcakes without icing and decorations. However, some people may have their reasons for not wishing to buy ready-made frosting. Homemade cupcake frosting can be delicious, too, if you know how to make it. Besides, it could also be healthier, because you can control what you put inside. This cream cheese frosting is only one of the many ideas: you can use peanut butter, chocolate, fondant, buttercream or icing sugar.
Ingredients:
1/2 pound cream cheese
1/2 pound whipped cream
1/4 pound white chocolate
Food coloring (optional, if you don’t want the frosting to be white)
These quantities should be enough for at least one dozen cupcakes, but if you spread it thin, it can be enough for two dozens. It usually depends on how thick you like the frosting to be, so what works for me may not be the same for you. Anyway, after you try the homemade frosting once, you’ll know how many cupcakes you can decorate with such and such quantities.
Method:
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the whipped cream. Melt the white chocolate (steaming is my favorite method). Add the melted chocolate to the mix, blend everything well and you’re done. The cream cheese frosting goes very well with fresh fruit and gelatin toppings, for creating refreshing and original cupcake recipes.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Cupcakes just aren’t cupcakes without icing and decorations. However, some people may have their reasons for not wishing to buy ready-made frosting. Homemade cupcake frosting can be delicious, too, if you know how to make it. Besides, it could also be healthier, because you can control what you put inside. This cream cheese frosting is only one of the many ideas: you can use peanut butter, chocolate, fondant, buttercream or icing sugar.
Ingredients:
These quantities should be enough for at least one dozen cupcakes, but if you spread it thin, it can be enough for two dozens. It usually depends on how thick you like the frosting to be, so what works for me may not be the same for you. Anyway, after you try the homemade frosting once, you’ll know how many cupcakes you can decorate with such and such quantities.
Method:
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the whipped cream. Melt the white chocolate (steaming is my favorite method). Add the melted chocolate to the mix, blend everything well and you’re done. The cream cheese frosting goes very well with fresh fruit and gelatin toppings, for creating refreshing and original cupcake recipes.