Strawberries and Cream Buttercream

Prep time: 10 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

Strawberries and cream cheese combine for a sweet and fluffy buttercream frosting that tastes like a strawberry smoothie and is perfect for icing cupcakes!

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 stick salted butter, softened
7 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
1/4 cup frozen sliced strawberries in sugar, thawed
1 teaspoon strawberry extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 drop red food coloring, or as desired

Directions

1 Beat cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 cup confectioner's sugar, strawberries, strawberry extract, vanilla extract, and red food coloring. Mix on medium speed until smooth. Gradually add remaining confectioner's sugar, 1 cup at a time as needed, until desired consistency is reached.