Lemonade Buttercream Frosting
Avg. rating 5 from 5 votes.Recipe Information
Recipe Created By: Kathy Przywara
Ingredients
1 stick butter or stick margarine at room temp
1/2 lemon, zest and juice
1 Tbsp water
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
pinch salt
Directions
Cream butter or margarine until fluffy. Add lemon zest and juice. Beat until fluffy. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Add another cup and beat well. Add water, vanilla, salt and final cup of powdered sugar. Beat until fluffy. Adjust consistency with a little more powdered sugar or water (tsp at a time) if needed.
Notes
This is a light lemony frosting that goes really well with Lemonade Cupcakes.
This is a rather soft frosting, but can be piped with a 1M star tip to make a nice swirl/rosette on cupcakes. Garnish was some lemon zest or twist.
Substitutions
I have not tried this with shortening, but it should work. It will likely be stiffer and may require an additional tsp of water. I would not use tub or light margarine as it will be too soft.
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