Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

Jean from Smith & Truslow
Servings

10-12

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

2 minutes

Cuisine

American

Category

Dessert

A rich, tangy cream cheese frosting with a hint of orange from Grand Marnier and a crunchy finish of toasted coconut. It comes together in 15 minutes and is made to top our Carrot Cake, but it's just as good on spice cake, cupcakes, or cinnamon rolls.

Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pkgs (8 oz each) cream cheese
  • 3 Tablepoons butter
  • 1 ¾ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Grand Marnier
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup coconut flakes, toasted

Directions

  1. Cream the butter and cream cheese.

  2. Alternately add confectioners’ sugar, Grand Marnier and vanilla.

  3. Beat until smooth.

  4. Frost cake.

  5. Sprinkle the toasted coconut on top of the cake.