Cream Cheese Frosting
 
Ingredients
  • 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 (2-pound) bag confectioners’ sugar (about 7½ cups)
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Add butter and beat at medium speed until smooth and well combined, scraping sides of bowl as needed, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla. With the mixer at low speed, add confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup at a time, until completely incorporated. Increase speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes.
Notes
*We used Smucker’s Hot Caramel Topping.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/apple-butter-caramel-cake/