Best Cream Cheese Icing Ever

Yesterday we partied hard at Family Camp.  I think it's safe to say we are all ready for a nice, easy, quiet day today.    More on that later though!  Today I wanted to share the yummiest cream cheese icing ever known to man.  It seriously knocks the store bought stuff out of the water!


8oz soft cream cheese (Reduced fat kind is fine also)
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 16oz package powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup Pecans (optional)


Cream together the cream cheese and butter.  Add in powdered sugar and beat until it's light and fluffy. Then add in your vanilla..make sure to Oops it. (ya know when you "accidentally" add a bit more than the recipe calls for)   Spread it on your cake and top with pecans if you wish.


I normally add a bit less of the powdered sugar than called for because I like that tasting some tartness of the cream cheese.



Enjoy!