lemon cake with cream cheese frosting
Perfectly balanced Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. It is silky, tart, and sweet. It’s everything you would expect from cream cheese and lemon-flavored frosting.
Basic ingredients for lemon cake with cream cheese frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 1/4 cup lemon curd room temp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt zest from one lemon
lemon cake with cream cheese frosting
- Use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, or a handheld electric mixer to beat the cream cheese with butter until it is smooth and creamy.
- Add the sugar, vanilla, lemon curd, and salt. Now Mix on low speed until the sugar is incorporated. Then turn up the mixer to high speed for 2 minutes. Mix in lemon zest if desired.
- Now Keep it in the fridge for up to one week in an airtight container.