Come-to-Mama Cream Cheese Frosting

I don't personally know the woman behind Conversations with a Cupcake but even if she were only judged on this recipe (and she has an entire blog of amazing recipes) she would be considered a culinary genius!  Just wait until you try it.

Ingredients:
2 sticks butter
8 oz. cream cheese
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Seeds from ½ a vanilla bean, scraped
¼ tsp. almond flavoring
1-2 Tbsp. milk

Directions:
In a large bowl, beat together butter and cream cheese until very light and fluffy. Slowly add powdered sugar until well mixed. Add vanilla bean seeds and almond flavoring. Tip in a Tablespoon or two of milk, if needed to make frosting piping consistency (soft but not drippy). Spoon into a large plastic zip-top bag. Snip a 1-inch hole in the corner of the bag and pipe giant frosting petals onto cooled cake. Enjoy!

Just look at the frosting in this picture (which was taken and belongs to Conversations with a Cupcake)!  While you're at it, visit the link above and make her red velvet cake to go along with it.  I can't claim to have tried the cake but the frosting is to die for!

Notes:  I did not have a vanilla bean on hand but you can substitue 1 tsp. vanilla extract for the 1/2 vanilla bean.