Cream Cheese-Lemon Zest Frosting
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
4 1/2 cups
ingredients
- 3 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
- 1 teaspoon organic lemon zest, grated
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 3⁄4 cups powdered sugar
directions
- In a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed until combined and airy, about 2 minutes. Mix in the lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla.
- Sift the powdered sugar onto a piece of wax paper. With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sifted powdered sugar into the frosting (use both hands to bend the paper so the sugar pours slowly into the bowl).
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. If the frosting seems too soft to spread, allow it to chill for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!