Lemon Buttercream Frosting
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- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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9 inch double layer cake
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter (not spread or tub product) or 1/2 cup margarine (not spread or tub product)
- 1 (1 lb) package confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Beat butter or margarine until soft in a medium sized bowl.
- Beat in confectioners' sugar alternately with lemon rind, salt lemon juice, and milk.
- Continue beating until smooth and spreadable.
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Reviews
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Delicious & simple frosting recipe. I was out of yellow food coloring, but I'd recommend it--it was a pretty plain off-white color. Yellow would have been so much prettier. This made plenty to generously cover a 12-cup bundt cake. It was a little on the stiff side, so have a little extra lemon juice or milk on hand in case you need it. Thanks for sharing, Molly!
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Wonderful frosting - tastes like you are eating lemonade! At first this didn't seem to have the intense lemony flavor I was hoping for and it seemed too grainy. However, when I served the cake the next day it was smoother and had a nice lemon flavor. I also grated more lemon rind and sprinkled the top of the cake with it for decoration and flavor which was nice. I used it to frost a double layer 9 inch cake and there wasn't quite enough. The frosting is so sweet though I think next time I'll use a lemon filling in the middle and this frosting on the top and sides.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States