Hello Everybody,

I just got a cake order for 36, 6-in cakes iced and decorated in lemon buttercream. I did a recipe search but nothing was found. Has anyone ever made lemon buttercream? I didn't even know that this flavor was an option. If this is not realistic, does anyone have a good recipe for lemon icing/frosting that I can decorate with?

Thanks in advance!

There's a lemon buttercream recipe in The Whimsical Bakehouse, I think. I'll go look it up for you...

be right back!

Thank you HollyPJ. I am new to this sight and I haven't really figured out how to look things up yet. I just did a regular search

What they do is add 1/4 cup of their lemon curd to every 2 cups of their Italian Meringue Buttercream (called Kaye's Buttercream in the book).

I tried the Lemon Curd recipe the other day for a lemon filling I was making, and it was wondeful! Here's the recipe.

Whimsical Bakehouse Lemon Curd

In a saucepan, bring to a boil:

1/2 cup strained lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
3 ounces (3/4) stick unsalted butter
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

In the bowl of an electric mixer at medium speed, beat well:

4 large eggs

Slowly whisk the hot juice mixture into the eggs. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Do not let the mixture boil or it will curdle.

Pour the curd through a strainer into a bowl. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd and refrigerate until cold. To chill the curd quickly, place the bowl over a bowl of ice and stir until cold.

Makes 1 1/2 cups

www.marthastewart.com has a good Italian Meringue Buttercream recipe.
I think an Lemon IMBC made with fresh lemon curd would be so elegant and delicious.
You could probably mix lemon curd with regular powdered sugar buttercream also.

The Whimsical Bakehouse is a book I have. I should have clarified that. Sorry!

I made lemon buttercream recently by simply adding a small amount of freshly squeezed lemon juice and about 1/2 tsp of lemon zest to my regular buttercream frosting. Turned out great!

I've also made it this way and added cream cheese and a little whipping cream. This version needs refrigeration, but also tastes good.

Hi! THIRTY SIX???!!! I use my regular BC recipe which is 1/2 butter and 1/2 crisco, substitute all liquids with lemon juice and add a little Loran lemon flavoring. It's wonderful!

Thanks eveybody. Yes, 36 cakes. I am happy to get the order but I know that it will take some time. Should I bake all the cakes first? I have to torte the cakes also so I wanted to use the parchment paper extender technique. The last time that I used this technique, my cake didn't rise any higher then normal. Do I need to add something extra to the box cake mix to get it to rise higher? Lemon zest that sounds good. I will make up a batch today because I have to do another tasting tomorrow.

Thanks again!!

Lemon Frosting:
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

This is one I have used pretty tastie
Cookieclaire

Hello everyone dumb question but I have never made anything but buttercream, when you say heavy cream do you mean milk? Thank you!!!

Thank you Princess I will look again, I dont recall ever seeing something like that!!!!!!!

You're welcome.


I forgot to mention, if you plan on tinting lemon buttercream icing certain colours will not work correctly. Violet will turn blue and brown will have a greenish tinge to it.

Thanks again I will keep that in the back of my head somewhere. (?)

For a lot of cakes, I do like Phoov does...make my regular 1/2 butter, 1/2 crisco buttercream and substitute all liquids in the recipe with fresh lemon juice and a little lemon oil or the Lorann flavoring. Really yummy! But for an extra special lemon frosting, HollyPJ's suggestion of IMBC with the Whimsical BakeHouse lemon curd is so, so delicious!! Really creamy and smooth...with that great tart lemon curd flavor....mmmmmmm! lol If they really want a "WOW" lemon flavor that'll make 'em pucker up (in a good way), fill the cake with the same lemon curd recipe!! Super good 'n lemony! lol