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Citrus Cream Cheese Icing

Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ½ 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • ¼ cup fresh lime juice
  • ¼ cup water or more as needed

Method
 

  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat butter and cream cheese at high speed until creamy. Reduce mixer speed to medium. Add confectioners’ sugar, lime juice, and ¼ cup water, beating until combined. Add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until icing is pourable but thickly coats the back of a spoon.