Honey Cream Cheese Frosting (Reduced Sugar)

Name: Honey Cream Cheese Frosting (Reduced Sugar)
Yield: Makes 3 cups
Ingredients: 12 ounces, cream cheese, softened; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and softened; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon, salt; 6 tablespoons, honey

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We set our sights on developing a perfectly balanced cream cheese frosting that would pair well with our carrot cake, red velvet cupcakes, pumpkin cupcakes, and more.

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SERVESMakes 3 cups

TIME25 minutes

Sugar9 grams (down from 15)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

But cream cheese frostings very often veer into sugar bomb territory, so overly sweet and cloying that the cream cheese tang is lost. We took it down a notch by not only using less sugar than usual, but also replacing the sugar with honey. ...

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