Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Silky, smooth, and perfectly tangy cream cheese frosting. This is the most delicious frosting and accopaniment to lemon cake layesr!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Unsalted Butter Cool - not room temperature
- 8 oz Cream Cheese Cool
- 6 cups Powdered (confectioners) Sugar
- 3 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- In the bowl of your electric stand mixer, beat butter using the paddle attachment until smooth and creamy approximately 1-2 minutes.
- Add in cold cream cheese and mix until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add in lemon juice.
- With the mixer on low, add in sifted powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and mix until light and fluffy- about 2-3 minutes.
- Cream cheese buttercream can become extremely soft, so make sure not to over mix. Soft buttercream will be challenging to apply to your cake.