Orange Cream Cheese Buttercream

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 tbsp Orange, zest

• Refrigerated

  • 1/2 cup Curd, homemade or fine quality prepared orange

• Pasta & Grains

  • 1/4 tsp Fiori di sicilia

• Baking & Spices

  • 4 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 Gel based food coloring, Natural orange

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 4 oz Cream cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks/226 grams) unsalted butter, softened (or 1 stick salted & 1 stick unsalted)
• 4 ounces (½ 8-ounce package/113 grams) cream cheese, such as Philadelphia®, chilled from the fridge
• ½ cup (120 grams) homemade or fine-quality prepared orange curd
• 1 tablespoon (6 grams) freshly grated orange zest, organic preferred
• ¼ teaspoon (1.25 ml) Fiori di Sicilia (Flowers of Sicily) extract, by King Arthur Flour®
• 4 to 4½ cups (480 to 540 grams) confectioners’ sugar, spooned in cup, leveled off & sifted
• Natural orange gel based food coloring, such as CHEFMASTER®, optional

Directions

• Using an electric stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, or handheld mixer and large bowl, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. Add cream cheese, orange curd, zest and extract; 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 speed (stir), until well combined. Beat on high speed until well combined and smooth while scraping down sides of bowl as necessary, about 2 minutes.
• Before filling, frosting, icing and piping cakes, rebeat buttercream to ensure smoothness.