Vanilla Bean And Cream Cheese Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
8 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean
3 -4 cups powdered sugar

Preparation

Slit vanilla bean in half and use tip of knife to scrape the vanilla bean paste from each side of vanilla bean pod.
Whip cream cheese in bowl until smooth.
Add butter and beat to combine.
Add vanilla extract and vanilla bean pod paste.
Beat in powdered sugar a little at a time until frosting is thick and as sweet as you like.
Katie mentioned that she only uses unsalted butter in her frostings and that she also \"pipes\" her frosting on cupcakes rather than spreading with a knife or spatula.