Cream cheese icing- 2 ways

There are 2 ways to make a great cream cheese icing.  The first is a little more time consuming if you don't have basic vanilla italian buttercream on hand, but it's texture and depth of flavor is incomparable.  The second is the more common recipe that even the Cake Boss uses.  It's easy, tasty, and accessible.

Recipe 1- Cream Cheese Icing 

Yield:  8 cups

Ingredients:

4 cups Best buttercream ever
4 cups Cream cheese

Method:

1.  If your buttercream is cold and solid, place in mixer bowl with whisk attachment and beat on high until buttercream is smooth again. 

2. Add in cream cheese and beat until smooth.

Recipe 2- Cream Cheese Icing

Yield: 4 to 5 cups

Ingredients:

10 Tbsp Unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 8-oz packages Cream cheese
2 cups Confectioners sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Method:

1.  Place butter in large bowl.  Beat on medium to high until smooth.  Beat in cream cheese until fully mixed.

2.  Add in sugar, 1/2 cup at a time until smooth.  Add in vanilla, mix well.