Yummy cream cheese frosting

Mr G. and I attended a 4th of July potluck this past weekend. I made a lemon cake with cream cheese frosting. The cake itself was bleh, so I won't even post the recipe...but the frosting is soooo yummy!!!

A friend of mine gave me this recipe and I tweaked it a little bit. It was supposed to be a creamy brown sugar frosting for a carrot cake. But I wanted a white frosting for my lemon cake so I used white sugar instead. This frosting is a lot lighter than most cream cheese frosting because it has whipped cream in it. It's so wonderful, I will definitely use this frosting again.

Here it is, unfortunately, I don't know the original source.

Yummy cream cheese frosting
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1 1/4 cup whipping cream
8 oz cream cheese, softened (see note)
3/4 cup white sugar (see note)
2 1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt

1. Beat whipping cream until soft peaks are formed, set aside.

2. Combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and salt. Beat until smooth and creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Fold in whipped cream in three additions. Refrigerate until use.

Note:

• *The original recipe uses reduced fat cream cheese


• *The original recipe uses 1 cup packed brown sugar