Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Lisa Powell Bailey
This is a very soft frosting, perfect for spreading over a sheet cake. If you use it for a layer cake, reduce the lemon juice to 1 Tbsp.
This recipe goes with Heavenly Angel Food Cake
Yield: Makes about 3 1/2 cups
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
Preparation
- 1. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add lemon juice, beating just until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended; stir in lemon zest.
Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Cakes/Frostings, Desserts
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Family, Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy, 5 Ingredients or Less
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Cheese
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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