Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

📖 https://youtu.be/ou3zj0R0Gus?si=eDPRcbSBk_GqIZLk&t=706 server: 8" 3 layer cake

🥘 Ingredients

  • confectioners' sugar
    1 lb
  • cream cheese
    1 lb
  • kosher salt
    1 pinch
  • unsalted butter
    227 g
  • vanilla bean
    1

🍳 Cookware

  • stand mixer
  1. 1
    Brown the unsalted butter and add to the bowl of a stand mixer .
    unsalted butter: 227 g
  2. 2
    Solidify the brown butter submerging the stand mixer bowl into an ice bath until opaque but not hardened and still soft.
  3. 3
    Add room temperature cream cheese to mixer bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth.
    cream cheese: 1 lb
  4. 4
    Add vanilla bean to mixer bowl.
    vanilla bean: 1
  5. 5
    Add a generous pinch of kosher salt and confectioners' sugar to bowl
    kosher salt: 1 pinch, confectioners' sugar: 1 lb
  6. 6
    Pulse mixer to combine everything with towel over mixer to prevent spillage.
  7. 7
    Beat mixture until combined.
  8. 8
    Note: If the frosting is loose and won't hold it's shape, which can be confirmed by checking for a soft peak, refrigerate for 10 minutes while stirring the frosting every few minutes.