Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
Strawberry cream cheese frosting is a burst of fruity and delicious pink perfection! Crafted with fresh strawberries cooked down into a perfectly sweetened jam and then whipped together with velvety cream cheese and rich butter, this heavenly strawberry frosting is easy to make and impossible to resist!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- Not listed
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 170 g Strawberries (Cut into very small pieces)
- 20 g Granulated sugar
- ¼ tablespoon Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- 113 g Unsalted butter (82% fat, at room temperature)
- 60 g Powdered sugar (sifted)
- 226 g Cream cheese (full fat (33%+) eg. Philadelphia)
Instructions
- 1
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2
Wash the strawberries and cut them into very small pieces.
- 3
Cook the strawberries in a medium saucepan together with the granulated sugar and lemon juice over medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until the mixture is reduced to 60g / ⅓ cup. Then let the mixture come to room temperature.
- 4
Place the soft, room-temperature butter into a mixing bowl. Then use an electric hand mixer to whip it for 1-2 minutes.
- 5
Next, add the sifted powdered sugar and continue whipping until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
- 6
Then add the full fat cream cheese and continue whipping for 2-3 more minutes.
- 7
Now, very slowly start adding the room temperature strawberry jam one tablespoon at a time with the mixer running. You can stop whipping once the jam is incorporated.
- 8
Transfer the frosting into a piping bag and chill it for 30 minutes before using.
- 9
The frosting can be stored refrigerated for 2-3 days.