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Strawberry (Jam!) Cream Cheese Frosting

Rated as 4.68 out of 5 Stars
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"This foolproof frosting keeps it simple. While very sweet, it's just the thing to balance the natural flavor of a homestyle scratch cake recipe. I used it the first time to lighten up a cake made with a heavy whole grain white flour. Uh-mazing!"
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Ingredients

15 m servings 301 cals
Original recipe yields 8 servings

Directions

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  1. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth. Add confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, to creamed butter with the mixer on low speed until smooth and creamy; beat in strawberry jam and vanilla extract.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 301 calories; 16.5 g fat; 38.6 g carbohydrates; 1.2 g protein; 46 mg cholesterol; 44 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Very easy to make and tasted delicious! I also tried it with raspberry preserves and was just as tasty. I do though always add 1/4 tsp of salt to even out the sweetness. Thank you for the recipe...

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It came out really runny and sticky and after adding so much additional confectioners sugar, it was just too sweet.

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Very easy to make and tasted delicious! I also tried it with raspberry preserves and was just as tasty. I do though always add 1/4 tsp of salt to even out the sweetness. Thank you for the recipe...

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Excellent frosting! It's so creamy & slightly gooey. I used Kirkland Signature Organic Strawberry Spread from Costco for this recipe. I put it over a chocolate cake recipe I get from the Hershey...

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I was looking for a pumpkin cream cheese frosting, when I came across this one. I substituted the jam with Libby's pure pumpkin and added some cinnamon, ground cloves, and nutmeg to it. It came ...

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Followed recipe as is and was perfect. It is a bit gooey but perfect for covering a cake. If you want to pipe at all, this is not a good recipe or would need some adjustments. Taste great, can't...

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Very yummy!!!! Not overly sweet. I used Smuckers strawberry jam. I am going to try this for orange cupcakes and use orange marmalade in the frosting!!!!! YUMMY!!!

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It came out really runny and sticky and after adding so much additional confectioners sugar, it was just too sweet.

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This is my first time making a homemade frosting, and it turned out wonderful! I am pairing it with a basic white cake recipe I found on here as well for my daughter's 3rd b-day tomorrow. I add...

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Followed this recipe exactly. Felt a little 'frisky' so I added some orange marmalade along with the strawberry preserves. I frosted a 9x13 chocolate cake. Chocolate, strawberry, and orange m...

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I used blueberry jam and lemon extract in place of strawberry jam and vanilla. It was delicious on lemon cake. It is a generous amount of icing. I had a little left over so I iced some graham cr...

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