Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
 Total Time |
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| 10 minutes |
Ingredients
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| 3 Tiers |
227 g unsalted butter
16 oz cream cheese
1 vanilla bean- 1 pinch kosher salt
1 lb confectioners' sugar
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| 2 Tiers |
- 151 g unsalted butter
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 0.5 vanilla bean
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 227 g confectioners' sugar
Cookware
- 1 stand mixer
Instructions
Step 1
Brown the unsalted butter and add to the bowl of a stand mixer.
Step 2
Solidify the brown butter submerging the stand mixer bowl into an ice bath until opaque but not hardened and still soft.
Step 3
Add room temperature cream cheese to mixer bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth.
Step 4
Add vanilla bean to mixer bowl.
Step 5
Add a generous pinch of kosher salt and confectioners' sugar to bowl
Step 6
Pulse mixer to combine everything with towel over mixer to prevent spillage.
Step 7
Beat mixture until combined.
Note
If the frosting is loose and won't hold it's shape, which can be confirmed by checking for a soft peak, refrigerate for 10 minutes while stirring the frosting every few minutes.
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