Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Sep 07, 2014, Updated Apr 13, 2021
Rich and creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting!
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Chocolate and peanut butter are my two absolute favorite flavors and I have combined them countless number of times like recently in my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola. They just go so well together that I cannot resist the temptation of combining them whenever and wherever possible. The recent addition to this list is this rich and creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting which I used to frost a chocolate cake!
The peanut butter cream cheese frosting is creamy, smooth and delicious. I used it on a chocolate cake but it would also taste great on peanut butter cakes, banana cakes or just about any other cake or cupcakes!
* You can replace heavy cream with milk but I prefer using heavy cream. It makes the frosting super rich and creamy.
* I used salted butter in this recipe, I like the flavor of salted butter in my frosting but you can use unsalted butter in place and then add 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the frosting additionally.
* Adjust the consistency of frosting to your preference. For a thicker consistency add more powdered sugar, for a thinner consistency add more heavy cream/milk.
Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- ¾ cup peanut butter creamy
- ¼ cup butter salted [1 or 2 stick], at room temperature
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 2-2.5 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla optional
Instructions
- In the steel bowl of your stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment or using your hand mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese till smooth and creamy, around 2-3 minutes.
- Add the peanut butter and mix till smooth.
- Start adding the powdered sugar in parts with the mixer on low speed. Increase the speed after every addition till all sugar is well incorporated.
- Add in the vanilla (optional) and heavy cream and mix till smooth.
- Frost your favorite chocolate cake with this peanut butter cream cheese frosting!
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Manali! So in india would the heavy cream mean our Amul fresh cream? Or can we use a whipping cream like tropolite instead.
you can use amul cream in the recipe
Yum! That peanut butter and cream cheese frosting looks amazing 🙂
thanks ashley!
I think I could eat a whole bowl of this frosting, no cake needed! I love this flavor! Two of my favorite ingredients, combined. Sounds delicious!
haha same here! even I don’t need a cake for THIS frosting!