Mascarpone Frosting

This is a recipe for one of the best frostings ever. That is saying a lot as I am not a fan of frosting, my least favorite being cream cheese frosting. I usually have cream cheese in savory applications so my brain has never been able to wrap around the idea of cream cheese being sweet.

Mascarpone is an 'Italian sweet cream cheese.' According to the container, it has 1/2 the calories of butter.

Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1/2 cup mascarpone cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp vanilla

1. Mix together butter and mascarpone.
2. Add powdered sugar. (The powdered sugar I added was just shy of 2 cups.)
3. Add salt, lemon juice and vanilla.
4. Texture of the frosting isn't smooth, so once everything is incorporated, it is ready to go.

I came across this recipe thanks to my friend Rachel. She sent me a link for a poppy seed cake with mascarpone frosting. The cake itself turned out fine, though I fear I over-cooked it just a tad. I decided to make cupcakes instead of cake rounds (easier for me to transport) and wasn't sure of the time needed. It is a buttery batter that compliments the sweet frosting nicely. It was topped with freshly sliced strawberries to cut the richness of the dessert.

The finished cupcakes were eaten before I realized I hadn't taken a picture. But believe me, they looked cute and were quite yummy.