Serves 4

Preparation time 5 minutes

Cooking time 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup cream cheese, softened
2. 1 and 1/2 tbsp butter, softened, not melted
3. 1 tsp vanilla essence
4. 1/3 cup icing sugar

Directions:

In a bowl whisk and cream butter and cream cheese. Whisk until smooth and creamy. Next add vanilla and icing sugar. Whisk well. Use this simple frosting on any cake.

To make a chocolate cream cheese frosting add 1 tbsp unsweetened  coca powder to the above mixture and whisk well.

To make lemon cream cheese frosting add 1 tbsp of lemon juice and some lemon rind and whisk well.

To make orange cream cheese frosting add 1 tsp orange essence and some orange rind and whisk well.

Use any of these cream cheese frosting to frost cookies, cakes, cup cakes and brownies.

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