Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe is enough for the top of a cake baked in a loaf tin - you will need to double or even triple the recipe for a larger cake or for cup cakes.

Ingredients:

• • 80g cream cheese, softened

  • 60g butter, softened

  • ¾ cup icing-sugar mixture

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • Method:

• 1. Beat cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a small bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.

  2. decorate as desired with nuts or a dusting of a spice in keeping with the cake flavouring.

You could incorporate other flavourings such as grated citrus rind (lime, lemon or orange), passionfruit pulp, or honey.