This is a great cream cheese frosting to make if you plan to use it for decorating purposes- it’s stiff enough to pipe with and you can add milk, as needed, to make it creamier.

Decorating Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup Crisco shortening
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tbs milk (or more as needed)

Directions

Beat cream cheese, butter, and shortening until creamy.  Blend in vanilla extract. Alternate adding the sugar and milk until you have your desired consistency.