Against popular belief on the internet there are two kinds of garnishes for a cake. One is called frosting, typically known as a dense thick gooey mess. The other is referred to as an ICING. It is this wonderful thin goodness I wish to share with you all today. I chose to make a spice cake for my sons birthday to go along with the Ice Cream Cake he insisted upon rather than any cake I would make him. THEREFOR I made said spice cake and proceeded to try to find a thin cream cheese icing to go over the top of my bundt cake I had made. If I had wanted a thick gooey buttery cream cheese frosting then I would have been set. There were hundreds of wonderful recipes for just such an occasion. So I decided I would make my own. I have since decided the world need to have this recipe in case they too want to make a wonderful thin icing with cream cheese in it! It CAN be done!!
Start with a block of cream cheese (8ozs) in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Turn stove on to medium low. Then add a bit of whole milk (I recommend Spokane Family Farm) and some powdered sugar to taste. Here comes the difficult part. You must whisk the milk and cream cheese until your arm falls off! If you do not you will get an icing that has lumps of cream cheese and WHO wants that...its like a bad cheese cake~GAG!!! When your arm falls off and you have whisked to a pure blissful mixture of cream cheese, milk and powdered sugar you are then ready to ICE your cake!
Enjoy the wonderful hard work you have accomplished and enjoy a slice of heaven!!
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