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Cream cheese frosting is a favorite for us. It’s creamy, rich and decadent and just subtly sweetened (in our version). We’ve seen all different types of variations on the internet of low carb cream cheese frosting, so this hardly feels like a “recipe”, but the measurements below will yield just a subtly sweetened vanilla flavored frosting, if that’s your thing.
Here’s What You Need For Easy Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Full fat cream cheese, softened
- Salted butter, softened
- Powdered Swerve, or sweetener of choice, to taste
- Vanilla extract
Recipe Notes:
We used salted butter in this recipe, but could also use unsalted, and add salt as you see fit. If you decide to add your own salt, we’d recommend starting with about 1/4 tsp of pink himalayan salt to start, and then going from there, tasting as you go.
We recommend using a powdered sweetener of your choice for this recipe if you have it. We love Swerve confectioner’s sugar. Powdered makes for a creamy frosting. As we mentioned this is maybe on the little less sweet side, so feel free to add more sweetener if you’d like.
Room temperature butter and cream cheese will yield the creamiest results. If you have vanilla extract to use, that works best. However, lately we’ve been noticing the prices of vanilla extract have been very high, so we have been using imitation vanilla instead! Either works and will give you a delicious vanilla flavor. They measure the same.
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More Recipes To Try:
- Keto Candied Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- Keto Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
- Low Carb Keto Peanut Butter and Chocolate Mousse
Here’s How To Make Easy Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Before assembling, you will want to set your cream cheese and butter out on the countertop for about 1 hour, so that it get’s nice and soft. In a large bowl, add your softened cream cheese, and mix with your hand mixer on high until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Add in your softened butter and mix on high until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Add in your vanilla, and mix until well combined.
- Finally, add in your powdered sweetener slowly, and mix until fluffy again and well combined. Make sure you scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to ensure you got everything incorporated well.
- That’s it! This will keep in the fridge for about 1 week in an airtight container. You could also freeze it and defrost it a day before you want to use it in the fridge.
This frosting is delicious on these low carb carrot cake cupcakes & we even used it as a base for the frosting in these gluten free and low carb chocolate blood orange cupcakes!
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Until next time,
Briana & Chamere
Easy Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 ounces full fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick salted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sweetener
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add your softened cream cheese, and mix with your hand mixer on high until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in your softened butter and mix on high until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add in your vanilla, and mix until well combined.
- Finally, add in your powdered sweetener slowly, and mix until fluffy again and well combined. Make sure you scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to ensure everything is well incorporated.
- That's it! This will keep in the fridge for about 1 week in an airtight container. You could also freeze it and defrost it a day before you want to use it in the fridge.
Notes
Nutrition
These nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy and are only estimates. We cannot guarantee the accuracy.
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