Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting | Vegan Icing Recipe
This fluffy vegan cream cheese frosting is perfect for icing cupcakes, cakes, cookies and anything else that needs frosting!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegan cream cheese, cold
- ¾ cup vegan butter, softened
- 1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted (roughly)
- zest of one lemon
- beet juice food dye, if using (recipe above)
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the cream cheese and vegan butter until smooth.
- Add the vanilla extract, and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add lemon zest and drops of beet food dye and beat on high until light and fluffy.
- Add additional powdered sugar as needed to make a light and fluffy frosting.
- Pipe or dollop onto cooled cupcakes and decorate as desired.
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2018/02/12/pink-vanilla-cupcakes-vegan-cupcakes-recipe/