Quick and Easy Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package strawberry-flavored gelatin (such as Jell-O®)
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

71.4 calories
carbohydrate: 5.6 g
cholesterol: 15.5 mg
fat: 5.2 g
fiber: : -
protein: 0.9 g
saturatedFat: 3.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 49 mg
sugar: 5.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter, gelatin, milk, and vanilla extract in a bowl using an electric mixer on low speed. Continue to mix, pausing to scrap sides down as needed, until frosting is evenly mixed and fluffy.

Recipe Yield

3 cups

Recipe Note

I needed an easy strawberry frosting to frost my daughter's birthday cake. I used the same cream cheese frosting recipe my mom used to make for my cakes when I was a kid and just tossed in the gelatin. This works well for frosting or as a filler between cake layers. Keep refrigerated.

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