Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Diets

Gluten free

Ingredients

Condiments
- 1/2 cup Lemon juice, fresh

Baking & Spices
- 8 cups Powdered sugar
- 4 oz Shortening
- 1/2 tbsp Vanilla extract

Dairy
- 2 sticks Butter, real salted
- 4 oz Cream cheese
- 2 tbsp Milk

Found on rosebakes.com

Description

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Rose Atwater is the founder and cake decorator behind Rose Bakes. She is baker, cake decorator, wife to Richy and homeschooling mommy to 6 wonderful kiddos! Her work has been featured in American Cake Decorating Magazine, Cakes Decor, Pretty Witty Cakes Magazine, Huffington Post and Cake Geek Magazine.

Ingredients

2 sticks of real (salted) butter, at room temperature
4 ounces of shortening
4 ounces of cream cheese, at room temperature
½ Tablespoon vanilla extract
8-9 cups of powdered sugar
½ cup fresh lemon juice
2-3 Tablespoons milk

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, and cream cheese until very smooth. Add in the vanilla and mix again.
Begin adding powdered sugar, one cup at a time up to 8 cups.
Your frosting will be very stiff at this point - now add in the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of milk.
Mix and check the consistency.
From here, I had to add a little more powdered sugar (it was too soft) but then I went too far, so I added a little more milk. Just play with it until you get a consistency youre happy with! I made mine on the softer side so it was silky smooth ... but still able to hold its shape!