Pawpaw cream cheese frosting

5 from 1 vote

Adding pawpaw to cream cheese frosting is a delightful way to let their unique tropical flavor shine.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Servings:

Calories: 161kcal

Ingredients

4 oz cream cheese softened 30 min on counter
3 tablespoon salted butter room temperature, see note
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups powdered sugar
¼ cup pureed pawpaw
1 teaspoon cornstarch optional, for stiffer frosting

Instructions

Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together until smooth. Room temperature ingredients help make a creamy frosting that isn't lumpy.
Add half of the powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add half of the pawpaw puree and mix again. Repeat with remaining powdered sugar and then pawpaw puree.
If you need a stiffer frosting, add 1 teaspoon cornstarch at this point. Mix until combined.
Store in the fridge for up to a week

Notes

Cream cheese: get a solid block of cream cheese and avoid spreadable kinds (which have additives to make it spreadable and will affect the final consistency of the frosting).

Salted vs unsalted butter: if using unsalted butter, add a pinch (⅛ tsp) of fine table salt to the recipe in the first stem, when creaming together the butter and cream cheese.

Nutrition: calories are calculated as 1/12th of the recipe.

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