Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting with a bite! Warm but not too hot. Great for frosting Cinco 'de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes or any Cupcakes for that matter. Make it mild or as hot as you like.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 10 mins
• Calories: 145 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
• ½ teaspoon clear vanilla extract, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a bowl, sift the ground ancho chile, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until the frosting is smooth; mix in the vanilla extract. Use to frost cupcakes or cakes.n