Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting

46 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 40 min
Ready In: 50 min

“A delicious twist on cream cheese frosting. This is great for decorating the Red Velvet Cake and would be excellent on Banana Cake!” - by POOKA75

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
5 tablespoons premium bourbon

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Original recipe yields 1 frosting for 2 layer cake

Directions

Beat softened butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and bourbon. Beat until creamy.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
304 cal
15%

Fat
14.2 g
22%

Carbs
40.3 g
13%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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JWITHEY

Oct. 8, 2004

"I made the frosting, frosted the cake, and ate some within an hour. The bourbon was kind of overpowering, and this is coming from someone who likes bourbon a lot. However, by the next day it had mel..." See morelowed and was really tasty. Next time I would either try adding less bourbon or making it the day before I was ready to frost the cake."

AMCKELLER

Jan. 16, 2006

"This is great on carrot cake if you reduce the amount of bourbon. I had to reduce the bourbon to 2T b/c the bourbon was overpowering and the icing became too thin. The icing is still really thin w/ ..." See more2T, but the taste more than compensates for the "thinning" look of the icing."

katie

Nov. 28, 2007

"Delicious frosting but don't let the bourbon fool you; it will taste strong when you make it but the next day you will hardly be able to taste it. Everyone loved it though !..." See more"

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