Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 4 oz cream cheese, softened (½ of an 8-ounce package); ¼ cup butter, softened; ¼ cup maple syrup; 2 tsp vanilla extract; ¼ cup powdered sugar; 1 cup whipping cream; Multigrain Pancakes (see below)

The perfect complement to Multigrain Pancakes, this frosting is richly delicious, with warm notes of maple and cream cheese.

Makes 1 serving

Ingredients

4 oz cream cheese, softened (½ of an 8-ounce package)
¼ cup butter, softened
¼ cup maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipping cream
Multigrain Pancakes (see below)

Directions

In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer for 5 minutes to combine all ingredients until well blended.
Birthday Cake for Jesus: To assemble the cake featured here, prepare 5 batches of Multigrain Pancakes batter (see below). For the foundation, make the largest pancake your griddle allows. It may take two spatulas to flip the larger pancakes. Make 13 more pancakes, reducing each in size by 1 inch in diameter. Cool pancakes. Place the largest pancake on a platter and spread it with 3 heaping tablespoons of Maple Cream Cheese Frosting. Center the next smallest pancake on top of the first pancake. Add frosting to second pancake at about the same thickness as the frosting on the first pancake. Repeat, placing next smallest pancakes in order and adding frosting to each layer as the cake rises. Add stability by pushing three wood skewers vertically through the stack, spacing them evenly around the pancake stack.

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