When you’ve made my well-known cinnamon rolls or any of my superb carrot cake-flavored recipes, there’s an excellent 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 vibrant, completely candy, barely tangy model of that recipe utilizing stunning citrus. This lemon cream cheese frosting is out-of-this-world creamy and requires simply 4 easy elements.
What are you able to pair it with? You realize I shared a few of my favourite methods to make use of it beneath, however belief me after 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, reasonably than butter solely. This can create a frosting that has a slight tang and is famously used on cinnamon rolls and crimson velvet desserts. Cream cheese frosting additionally has a barely thinner and smoother consistency than buttercream frosting, so that you gained’t get these excellent, stiff peaks whenever you whip it up, but it surely’s completely scrumptious and SO versatile for tons of desserts.
Substances in the very best lemon cream cheese frosting
You’ll simply want 4 easy elements 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 stability out the sweetness.
- Butter: you’ll nonetheless want a bit of room temperature butter to offer the frosting a fluffy texture. Be happy 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 vibrant, stunning taste. I discover that this frosting has the proper lemon taste with out utilizing lemon extract! It additionally offers the frosting a pale yellow shade, however should you’d like a bolder yellow be happy 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 Stability).
Can I make it refined sugar free?
Be happy 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 probably flip the frosting a darker shade as a result of it’s made with coconut sugar.
The best way to make lemon cream cheese frosting
- Whip it on low pace. Add the entire frosting elements to the bowl of an electrical stand mixer, and beat on low pace to begin.
- Improve to excessive pace. Improve the pace to excessive and beat for 1-2 minutes till it’s clean and fluffy. That’s it!
No stand mixer? No downside.
When you don’t have a stand mixer, be happy to whip up this lemon cream cheese frosting in a big bowl utilizing an electrical hand mixer, or by hand.
The best way to 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. Once 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 elements and the proper stability of candy, vibrant, and tangy. This simple lemon cream cheese frosting might be made vegan or dairy-free, and is scrumptious on candy rolls, desserts, cookies, and extra!
Substances
- 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 clean 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
