our favorite icing around here is cream cheese frosting.
I just take 8 oz of cream cheese and let it soften a bit, add a tablespoon of butter and cream it together with however much powdered sugar I need to make it as sweet as we like it ( we don't like super sweet frosting, so I only use about 1/4 cup, but you can add as much as you like. Add a little milk if you need to thin it down and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. I use a kitchenaid mixer, but you can even use a wisk if you need to. It's super yummy and very rich!
I just take 8 oz of cream cheese and let it soften a bit, add a tablespoon of butter and cream it together with however much powdered sugar I need to make it as sweet as we like it ( we don't like super sweet frosting, so I only use about 1/4 cup, but you can add as much as you like. Add a little milk if you need to thin it down and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. I use a kitchenaid mixer, but you can even use a wisk if you need to. It's super yummy and very rich!