American Baker in Germany

One of my followers on Facebook asked me to make a video about the differences in cream cheese from the US and Germany. She said that she had tried several brands and hadn't been able to make a decent cream cheese frosting. I thought I'd investigate that a bit and try two brands of cream cheese and work on the cream cheese frosting recipe. So, I thought I'd try the name brand Philadelphia and the store brand Gutes Land. Both cream cheeses are full fat. I don't recommend trying to make cream cheese frosting with low fat cream cheese. I began with a fairly standard American recipe and quickly realized that the consistency was off, so I ended up adding more powdered sugar. Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 cup (220g) full fat cream cheese 1/2 cup (125g) butter 1/2 pkg or 1/2 tbsp vanilla sugar or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 750g (about 6 cups) powdered sugar Cream butter. Add cream cheese and beat until smooth and combined. Add vanilla and about 1/3 of the powdered sugar....