Cream Cheese Icing

This recipe from Margaret Huey is for Italian Cream Cake.

Number of Portions:

12

Quantity	Unit	Ingredient
0.5	cup	butter or margarine	softened
8	ounces	cream cheese	room temperature
1	pound	powdered sugar	softened
1	teaspoon	vanilla
		shredded coconut	optional

Beat all ingredients till spreading consistency.

Frost cake and sprinkle with coconut.