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Turn your favorite cakes and cupcakes into brightly-flavored, zesty creations with a finishing touch of lemon cream cheese frosting, tangy lemon buttercream, or a lemon glaze. Lemon frosting goes particularly well with lemon cake, poppy seed cake, or even a simple white cake. Leave it plain to focus on the lemon flavor, or pair with fresh raspberries or strawberries for a stunning sweet-tart contrast. Here are some of our best lemon frosting recipes with dozens of glowing reviews from the Allrecipes community, all sure to add a ray of sunshine to your day!
Tangy Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
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This lemon frosting has the perfect flavor balance of sweet and tangy that lemon lovers will adore! Stir in a few drops of yellow food coloring for a brighter, more vibrant frosting.
Eric's Lemon Frosting
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“I dare you not to eat all of this directly out of the bowl!” says says Allrecipes Allstar Buckwheat Queen. “Make the whole portion because half will only make it to your cake! If you want a glaze, then add more milk, but if you want a frosting then add less.”
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
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A classic cream cheese frosting gets an added zing with the addition of lemon juice and lemon zest. Add more confectioners' sugar or lemon juice as needed to get the consistency you prefer. "If you're looking for a good lemon frosting this is it!" says home cook Shak.
Lemon Cream
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This is a lemon curd-style frosting made from scratch with egg yolks, cornstarch, sugar, butter and lemon juice. "This glaze/frosting is so yummy," says reviewer Lesley. "It's really citrusy! I poked holes in my cake so it could seep down a bit too."
Lemon Icing
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Butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar are the only ingredients you need to make this quick and delicious lemon icing that's perfect for covering a sheet cake, decorating cupcakes and cookies, or for filling a celebratory layer cake.
Lemon Orange Frosting
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This buttercream-style frosting is flavored with lemon juice, lemon zest, orange juice, and orange zest for a light and flavor-packed citrus frosting. Spread on sides and top of a lemon or white cake for a vibrant, fresh-tasting dessert.
Lemonade Frosting
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Use frozen lemonade concentrate in this genius three-ingredient frosting recipe. No butter and just whipped cream means that this frosting is lighter than buttercream. You can use regular or pink lemonade depending on the color you'd like for the end result.
Poppy Seed Cake with Lemon Ermine Frosting
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Make the entire recipe, cake included, or just use the lemon ermine frosting portion of the recipe to top any cake. For a more intense lemon flavor in the frosting, substitute 3 to 4 tablespoons of milk with lemon juice.
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