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Lemon cream cheese buttercream (crusting)

Jesa
By: Jesa
Posted 06/29/11 • Last updated 06/08/11 • 557 views • 14 comments

Posted by Jesa

A kitchen experiment gone right--combining several favorite recipes and a little tinkering along the way yielded delicious results.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb cream cheese 1 lb butter 4 t lemon zest 7 T lemon juice 2 t vanilla 4 lb confectioner's sugar

Instructions

Beat cream cheese, butter, lemon zest, half of lemon juice, and vanilla in mixer until creamy. Scrape down sides and beater at least once and beat again. Add half of powdered sugar and beat well. Scrape down sides and beater. Add remaining lemon juice and beat well. Scrape down sides and beater. Add remaining powdered sugar and eat well. Scrape down sides and beater again and then beat on high speed for 5-7 minutes to get fluffier texture. Yields a soft, spreadable frosting, a little soft for serious stacking or thick layers of of filling without refrigerating in stages, but delicious and worth the effort. Add more sugar for stiffer texture if desired.

Comments (14)

jazycakes 6/30/11 at 11:37am
Sounds YUMMY, I love anything lemon. Silly question??? Does the T stand for teaspoon?
karukaru 6/30/11 at 4:46pm
Can this be left out of the fridge for a few or couple of days if I use it as a filling in a fondant covered cake ( in a house with AC)?
pammie212 7/1/11 at 4:31am
lower case "t' is teaspoon, and capital "T" is tablespoon.
chefandbaker 7/2/11 at 8:39am
I actually use this recipe but sub 1/2 the butter for shortening, increase the zest to 1 T, and double the sugar (well, most times it's closer to 6 or 7 lbs). It pairs well with a triple lemon cake that I use for weddings. :)
littlenana 7/4/11 at 7:12pm
This sounds really good I will try it soon....
Jesa 7/5/11 at 5:17pm
I think this would be fine to leave out like you would a butter-based bc. I left it out unrefrigerated overnight and it maintained texture and flavor fine :)
nicunurse 7/13/11 at 12:16pm
Absolutely delicious!! I didn't change a thing! thank you for the recipe :)
BekkerG 7/14/11 at 11:34am
How many cups of icing does this yield? sounds delicious!
Jesa 7/16/11 at 8:29pm
I'm not sure how many cups--it was a lot though :) Specifically, enough to generously fill, crumb-coat, and thickly ice a 2-layer 10 inch round and a 2-layer 6 inch round with a good cup or so left over for the secret "hard times/spoons only" freezer stash.
bakingnewbie 8/9/11 at 11:29am
hi jesa, it sounds really yummy!! I will be making my first anniversary cake for my parents (as I'm new to all of this, I will only be making a 9" cake)......what quantities would I use for that??? x
yetyet 9/1/11 at 8:17pm
can i use this as frosting in a cupcake? i would like to try this coz my eldest son loves anything about lemon..
OceanCityGirl 9/3/11 at 9:55am
Made this yesterday and WOW. Delicious! I thought the ingredients sounded like a lot so I halved it and I'm really glad I did. I had plenty to fill and crumb coat a 6" layer cake, an 8" layer cake, and 10 cupcakes :) It was just the right amount, had only a half a cup leftover! It's a great flavor, great texture. The lemon is very present but not overpowering. Will be my Go-To lemon buttercream from now on. Thanks for sharing!
Taramarie 9/10/11 at 3:46pm
This recipe was yummy. I put it on lemon cupcakes and everyone loved it. I only used about 3 lbs of p. sugar. This recipes does make a lot, I frosted 26 cupcakes and have probably 4 cups left (AT LEAST!).
nina4 9/15/11 at 12:30pm
Has anyone tried this with the WASC or yellow cake?? I'm making my sister's baby shower cake next month and trying to decide what cake would go best with this. She loves lemons. I live 3 hrs away and will be taking the cake down on a Friday but the shower isn't until Saturday in the afternoon. Will it be ok if the cake is covered in MMF?
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