Something soft ~

Something soft, something sweet, something giving.  Can a cupcake be feminine?  Don't tell me otherwise, not today, pretty please.

Hummingbird cake ~ oh my, it's a sweet one.  A moist, dense, unique in flavor sweet one.   There are any number of recipes on the web to find, as there is with the frosting that covers the cake - cream cheese frosting.  I don't care for cream cheese frosting to be super sweet.  Some recipes taste more like sugar than cream cheese.  I'm jotting down one of my favorites.  I'm a baker.  I have more than one favorite sometimes.  I reserve the right to be fickle, forget, dismiss, rave about any current recipe I use.  

This is a very soft frosting, which will pipe very softly.  I would not recommend it for frosting a layer cake.


Cream cheese frosting ~


1 lb. cream cheese, at room temperature
3 oz. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
5 1/4 cups powdered sugar, lightly spooned into the cup

• Beat butter with the paddle attachment.
• Add cream cheese a couple tablespoonfuls at a time until incorporated
• Add vanilla
• Add powdered sugar one cup at a time

Put in fridge for a couple hours or over night if you want this to be stiffer.  It will still pipe easily.