Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream

Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream

  • Prepare: 30M
  • Total: 30M
Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream

Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream

Ingredients

  • Pasta & Grains

    • 1/8 tsp Fiori di sicilia extract
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1/4 tsp Almond extract, pure
    • 2 1/4 tsp Nielsen-massey vanilla extract, pure such as
    • 6 tbsp Palm shortening, organic
  • Dairy

    • 3/4 cup Butter
    • 1 Philadelphia (8-ounce/226-gram package chilled cream cheese, such as
  • Other

    • 1 (2-pound/907-gram package 100% pure cane confectioners’ sugar, such as c&h® or domino®, sifted
    • Heavy Duty 5-Qt. Stand Mixer, such as KitchenAid®, necessary
  • Time
  • Prepare: 30M
  • Total: 30M

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Description

Rich and buttery, creamy and flavorful, with just the right amount of tang from the cream cheese and bright notes from a special flavoring extract, our Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream is simply sublime. It is the ideal “crusting” buttercream to create cakes with a bakery-style smooth fondant look but with the classic cream cheese buttercream taste everyone loves!

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (1½ sticks/170 grams) butter, softened, can use part salted & unsalted
  • 6 tablespoons (72 grams) organic palm shortening, such as Spectrum®
  • 1 (8-ounce/226-gram) package chilled cream cheese, such as Philadelphia®
  • 2¼ teaspoons (11.25 ml) pure vanilla extract, such as Nielsen-Massey®
  • ¼ teaspoon (1.25 ml) pure almond extract, such as Nielsen-Massey®, optional
  • ⅛ teaspoon (.625 ml) Fiori di Sicilia extract, by King Arthur Flour®, optional
  • 1 (2-pound/907-gram) package 100% pure cane confectioners’ sugar, such as C&H® or Domino®, sifted
  • Special Equipment & Supplies
  • Heavy Duty 5-Qt. Stand Mixer, such as KitchenAid®, necessary

Directions

  • Using an electric stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter and shortening on medium speed until creamy. Add cream cheese and extract(s); beat until fully incorporated. Gradually increase mixer speed to high and continue beating until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of bowl as necessary with rubber spatula.
  • Gradually add confectioners’ sugar, beating on low to medium-low speed, until well combined. Beat on high speed until well combined and smooth while scraping down sides of bowl as necessary, about 4 minutes. Buttercream will be very stiff and thick. Before frosting cake layers, rebeat buttercream to ensure smoothness.
  • To Frost Cakes with Crusting Buttercream: Fill and frost cake as usual then allow the cake to stand out at room temperature until a light sugar crust forms on the surface of the buttercream, about 15 to 20 minutes. To smooth the buttercream, use the “Viva Method” by using a fondant smoothing tool (such as by Wilton®) and plain, non-patterned Viva® brand paper toweling. Simply place a sheet of paper towel on top of buttercream that has formed a crust and gently rub fondant smoothing tool over the paper towel to smooth the buttercream underneath. If you do not have a fondant smoothing tool, you can use your hand. If the buttercream sticks to the paper towel, allow the cake to stand longer to form a crust. Do not let the buttercream stand for too long as it will harden to the point of being more difficult to form a smooth surface.
  • Serves: Makes about 5 cups; enough to fill and frost a two-layer 9-inch cake or three-layer 8-inch cake plus a little extra for light piping work.
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Best Ever Decorator’s Cream Cheese Buttercream

  • Pasta & Grains

    • 1/8 tsp Fiori di sicilia extract
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1/4 tsp Almond extract, pure
    • 2 1/4 tsp Nielsen-massey vanilla extract, pure such as
    • 6 tbsp Palm shortening, organic
  • Dairy

    • 3/4 cup Butter
    • 1 Philadelphia (8-ounce/226-gram package chilled cream cheese, such as
  • Other

    • 1 (2-pound/907-gram package 100% pure cane confectioners’ sugar, such as c&h® or domino®, sifted
    • Heavy Duty 5-Qt. Stand Mixer, such as KitchenAid®, necessary

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