In case you’ve made my well-known cinnamon rolls or any of my superb carrot cake-flavored recipes, there’s probability you’ve whipped up my go-to cream cheese frosting recipe.
With spring within the air, I needed to share a brand new, deliciously brilliant, completely candy, barely tangy model of that recipe utilizing lovely citrus. This lemon cream cheese frosting is out-of-this-world creamy and requires simply 4 easy components.
What are you able to pair it with? You recognize I shared a few of my favourite methods to make use of it under, however belief me once I say you’ll need to begin with my NEW lemon blueberry candy rolls. Ring in spring with these unbelievable rolls, or use this luscious lemon cream cheese frosting in your fav desserts or brunch treats this season!
What’s the distinction between cream cheese frosting and buttercream?
The distinction is within the title! Cream cheese frosting has cream cheese whipped into it, slightly than butter solely. This can create a frosting that has a slight tang and is famously used on cinnamon rolls and purple velvet muffins. Cream cheese frosting additionally has a barely thinner and smoother consistency than buttercream frosting, so that you gained’t get these good, stiff peaks whenever you whip it up, but it surely’s completely scrumptious and SO versatile for tons of desserts.
Elements in one of the best lemon cream cheese frosting
You’ll simply want 4 easy components to take advantage of luscious, completely candy, and tangy lemon cream cheese frosting from scratch:
- Cream cheese: that is what differentiates the frosting from a standard buttercream! I like the slight tang that cream cheese provides to steadiness out the sweetness.
- Butter: you’ll nonetheless want a bit of room temperature butter to provide the frosting a fluffy texture. Be at liberty to make use of salted or unsalted butter.
- Powdered sugar: this lemon cream cheese frosting is sweetened with powdered sugar (aka confectioners’ sugar) which additionally retains it fluffy.
- Lemon: you’ll use each lemon zest and recent lemon juice for that brilliant, lovely taste. I discover that this frosting has the right lemon taste with out utilizing lemon extract! It additionally offers the frosting a pale yellow shade, however for those who’d like a bolder yellow be at liberty to make use of yellow meals coloring.
Can I make it vegan or dairy free?
Completely! Simply use your favourite vegan / dairy free cream cheese (like Miyokos) and butter (like Earth Steadiness).
Can I make it refined sugar free?
Be at liberty to make use of my paleo powdered sugar as a substitute of standard powdered sugar on this cream cheese frosting recipe to maintain it refined sugar free. Word that it’s going to doubtless flip the frosting a darker shade as a result of it’s made with coconut sugar.
make lemon cream cheese frosting
- Whip it on low pace. Add the entire frosting components to the bowl of an electrical stand mixer, and beat on low pace to begin.
- Enhance to excessive pace. Enhance the pace to excessive and beat for 1-2 minutes till it’s easy and fluffy. That’s it!
No stand mixer? No drawback.
In case you don’t have a stand mixer, be at liberty to whip up this lemon cream cheese frosting in a big bowl utilizing an electrical hand mixer, or by hand.
retailer lemon cream cheese frosting
- Within the fridge: this lemon cream cheese frosting will keep good in an hermetic container within the fridge for up 1 week.
- Within the freezer: place the frosting in an hermetic glass container or freezer-friendly bag and retailer it within the freezer for as much as 3 months. If you’re prepared to make use of it, merely let it thaw within the fridge, let it come to room temp, after which re-whip it in your electrical mixer.
Our favourite methods to make use of this lemon cream cheese frosting
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Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Luscious lemon cream cheese frosting made with 4 easy components and the right steadiness of candy, brilliant, and tangy. This straightforward lemon cream cheese frosting may be made vegan or dairy-free, and is scrumptious on candy rolls, muffins, cookies, and extra!
Elements
- 4 ounces (112g) cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup (113g) powdered sugar
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice, to style
Directions
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Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, mix the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Beat on low pace to begin, then improve to medium-high pace and blend till easy and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. (Alternatively, whisk the frosting by hand.) Instantly unfold in your favourite baked treats or refrigerate for as much as one week in an hermetic container.
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Bold Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats
