Red Velvet Cake Icing Recipe?

Question

I need a recipe for philly cream cheese icing for a red velvet cake...i lost my original! thanks!!

i searched online for recipes, but they all seem yucky!!!

any personal recipes youve tried yourselves?

Answer 1

Favorite Red Velvet Cake with Cooked Frosting

This red velvet cake recipe is made with butter, eggs, vanilla, red gel food coloring, cocoa, buttermilk, and other ingredients. A favorite red velvet cake recipe with cooked frosting, or use a cream cheese frosting for this popular cake.
INGREDIENTS:

* 12 tablespoons butter, 1 1/2 sticks
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 2 tablespoons red gel food coloring plus 2 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 1 tablespoon vinegar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
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* Cooked Frosting
* 1 cup milk
* 1/3 all-purpose flour
* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* milk or cream

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°. Generously grease and flour 3 8-inch round layer cake pans or 2 9-inch cake pans.

Cake: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat 1 minute longerBeat in vanilla until blended. Combine cocoa, food coloring, and 2 tablespoons water; beat into the egg creamed mixture. Combine flour and salt. Alternate adding flour and buttermilk mixtures to the batter, beating on low to medium speed. Combine soda and vinegar in cup and add to cake batter. Spoon batter evenly into the 3 cake pans; bake at 350° for 22 to 28 minutes. Cool on cake racks. Remove from pans and frost tops and sides.

Frosting: In a saucepan, whisk together the 1/3 cup flour and milk and cook, stirring, until thickened; cool in the refrigerator. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer. Add flour and milk mixture a little at a time (make ahead of cake so that it has plenty of time to cool). Beat well, adding milk or cream as needed. Frost layers, sides, and top of cake.

Answer 2

The Frosting for a Red Velvet Cake is supposed to be:

POOR MAN's FROSTING:
1 cup milk
1 Tablespoon flour
1 stick butter
1/2 cup crisco shortening
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whisk milk into flour in small saucepan until smooth. Heat and stir until it boils and thickens. Cool thoroughly in refrigerator. Cream with mixer, butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the cooled paste mixture until smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Frost cake.
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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1 (8 ounces) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon milk
Cream all ingredients together until spreading consistency.

Answer 3

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar (about 4 cups), sifted


BEAT cream cheese, butter and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.

ADD sugar gradually, beating until well blended after each addition.