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Peanut Butter—Cream Cheese Icing

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 2 1/2 cups, enough for 1 two-layer cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

  1. Cream the peanut butter and the cream cheese in a mixer with the paddle attachment, scraping the sides once or twice, until light and fluffy. Beat in the sugar gradually. When completely incorporated, add the vanilla.

From Crescent City Cooking by Susan Spicer Copyright (c) 2007 by Susan Spicer Published by Knopf. Susan Spicer was born in Key West, Florida, and lived in Holland until the age of seven, when her family moved to New Orleans. She has lived there ever since, and is the owner of two restaurants, Bayona and Herbsaint. This is her first cookbook. Paula Disbrowe was the former Cowgirl Chef at Hart & Hind Fitness Ranch in Rio Frio, Texas. Prior to that, she spent ten years working as a food and travel writer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, and Saveur, among other major publications.
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