Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

By: Carol 
"Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.6 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (138)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 3 - 2/3 cups
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

  1. Beat cream cheese, butter, lemon juice, lemon rind, and vanilla together until smooth and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar in 2 additions. Beat until creamy. Add more icing sugar or juice as needed for easy spreading. Makes about 3 2/3 cups.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 236 | Total Fat: 8.3g | Cholesterol: 25mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 6, 2002 by MOTHER_OF_RAVEN   view full review
The general idea of the recipe is great, but it's way too much sugar. I prepared the frosting...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2005 by Kristina Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
I almost didn't make this because another review complained about it being too thin and more...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 5, 2003 by JADEDPLASTIC   view full review
Great frosting!! I did make a few adjustments though. Used 3 Tablespoons of lemon juice...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on May 30, 2006 by Miriam Noffke   view full review
I used a box butter cake mix recipe with lemon curd as the middle layer icing and the lemon...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2005 by SHAIKIRA   view full review
This was such a good frosting to frost any cake take it from me if your looking for a good...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 28, 2003 by Anita   view full review
This was a great recipe! Made it for my lemon cake that I used to only glaze. That will never...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2011 by naples34102 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Decent enough as is, but with so much powdered sugar a good deal of cream cheese flavor and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 10, 2003 by JEANNE ROBERTS   view full review
I was looking for a 'different' icing for a hot milk cake- this was excellent.....rich,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 28, 2003 by PA_NUNN   view full review
Very Very Good! didnt' add as much sugar because I didnt' want it to take aways from the cream...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 17, 2008 by Darcey55   view full review
I actually had to add more sugar in order to keep the frosting stable on the ginger cupcakes I...

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