Garrett McCord

butter (1 stick, 4 ounces, 115g), room temperature

Philadelphia cream cheese (1 package, 224g), room temperature

About 3 cups (360g) of powdered sugar (also known as confectioner's sugar), sifted

vanilla extract

Add 1/2 a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder and a pinch of salt for a chocolate cream cheese frosting

Mix freshly grated or dried, flaked coconut to the frosting to make a coconut frosting

Intensify a vanilla frosting by adding some scrapings from a fresh vanilla bean to the frosting

Add some blueberry syrup for blueberry cream cheese frosting

Add a tablespoon of Amaretto or a quarter teaspoon of almond extract for an almond flavored cream cheese frosting