8 oz cream cheese, cold (right from the fridge) and dont use low-fat
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
1 pint heavy whipping cream, cold (right from the fridge)
Directions
1. Using a whisk attachment on your stand mixer, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
2. With the mixer on slow, add vanilla and heavy whipping cream and beat until stiff peaks form.
3. Pipe onto vanilla (or rainbow!) cupcakes with a large circle tip starting in the center and movie outward to create little mounds. Feel free to practice on the bottom of a cup until you like how they look. To keep with my St. Patricks theme, I put a little gold coin in some of the clouds.