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Fluffy Lemon Buttercream Frosting Recipe


Fluffy Lemon Buttercream Frosting Recipe
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Remember those small tart candies called "lemon heads"? First tart, then a sweet little ball that melted in your mouth? Re-create these treats with this recipe. The soft frosting is first a punch of lemon, then a relaxed breeze, all the w... More

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Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick) softened
  • 1/4 cup of milk
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 T lemon zest (the rind of a lemon)
  • 2 T lemon juice

Directions
  1. mix the butter, lemon zest and vanilla together, making sure all the lumps are gone.
  2. add the milk, and quickly cream it into the butter mixture.
  3. by the 1/2 cup, mix in the sugar.
  4. once the sugar is all in the bowl, cream on "high" for two minutes. (I use this time to clean up)
  5. mix in lemon juice.
  6. spread heartily on cupcakes, and enjoy!

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This will be perfect for my lemon meltaway cookies - thanks for sharing it!


Thank you for this great post, I've been looking for a good lemon frosting. Sounds perfect, you have my 5


Sounds great! I love buttercream frosting and I love lemon so together, it has to be awesome!


When lemon frosting is good, it's GREAT!! this one sounds like a winner!


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