Made with orange juice and orange zest it brings a delightful citrus punch to your baked goods.
Use this icing to frost orange rolls, carrot cake, or orange cookies.
The orange flavor really brings somethings special to your desserts.
BEST ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE
This orange frosting recipe was developed when I revamped my orange sweet rolls recipe.This frosting is perfection slathered on a still warm (but not hot) orange roll.
If you love frosting all the desserts, here are a few more of my favorite frostings:
- I love this raspberry cream cheese frosting on raspberry sweet rolls.
- This white frosting pairs perfectly with grandma's homemade brownies.
- Chocolate frosting from scratch is my go to for peanut butter bars.
- Cream cheese frosting is my go to for so many desserts including, pumpkin cookies, zucchini cake, sugar cookies, and cinnamon rolls.
- And for the holidays, I always use royal icing for gingerbread house decorating.
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INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CREAM CHEESE ICING WITH ORANGE ZEST
- cream cheese
- salted butter
- powdered sugar
- orange juice
- vanilla
- orange zest
HELPFUL KITCHEN TOOLS
HOW TO MAKE ORANGE FROSTING
I prefer using fresh oranges when making this frosting. If oranges aren't in season, you can make orange flavored frosting by using orange extract.Begin by zesting two oranges.
Next juice the oranges. You don't have to use fresh orange juice. But if you're zesting oranges, you might as well use their juices.
You will need 1-2 Tbsp of juice. Depending on the size of your oranges, the juice from one orange may be plenty.
I like to use a little strainer to catch any seeds and pulp.
Set the juice and zest aside. We'll add them to the frosting later.
When making frosting, it's very important to start with softened cream cheese and butter.
I usually set it out for an hour or more on the counter to soften. I do this to prevent lumpy frosting.
If I'm in a rush, I'll pop it in the microwave for a few seconds.
Cream cheese is better suited to microwave softening than butter is.
Butter melts very quickly, so I try not to use the microwave if I can help it. Way too often, I end up with butter puddles instead of softened butter.
In a medium sized bowl, add the softened cream cheese and butter.
With a hand mixer on medium speed, mix until creamy.
Add 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp orange juice and the fresh orange zest.
To avoid a cloud of powdered sugar, mix on low speed until incorporated.
Scrape the sides of the bowl as you mix.
Mix to combine, adding an additional cup of powdered sugar once the first 2 cups have been incorporated.
Add an extra tablespoon of orange juice if needed to reach a spreadable frosting consistency.
Store the frosting in the fridge until ready to use.
Leftover frosting can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
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