Frosting For Lemon Cake?

Decorating By jstritt Updated 25 Jan 2007 , 2:25pm by wysmommy

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jstritt Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 10:46pm
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What frosting would I use for a lemon cake? Will buttercream go well with it? Not a big lemon fan, so I'm not sure what would compliment it.

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Sugarbunz Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 10:48pm
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I think BC would go well, either that or something with cream cheese in it, though I'm not sure why. Just sounds good and I am starving.

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melysa Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 10:57pm
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something less sweet than buttercream. whipped cream or cream cheese frosting sounds yummy. i have not tried IMBC or SMBC but hear that it is not as sweet as bc and really good. i also love to put a fruit puree as a filling in my lemon cake.

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KHalstead Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 11:33pm
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I've tried the imbc and it's sooooooooooo yummy!!! Are you just frosting and serving or are you decorating the cake???? If this is just like a pound cake that you're not "decorating"......then I would just make a simple glaze with powdered sugar, a splash of milk, some vanilla and maybe even a little lemon zest in it.

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Derby Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 11:38pm
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I LOVE lemon cake with just a dusting of powdered sugar on it. If you're decorating, buttercream would be just fine...just add a pinch of salt and that'll help!!

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patton78 Posted 24 Jan 2007 , 11:40pm
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I once made a lemon cake with a raspberry buttercream, it was a hit! I also had a raspberry filling with it.

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jstritt Posted 25 Jan 2007 , 12:43am
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I am acutally decorating it, so I need a sturdy icing such as buttercream.
Thanks for the suggestions!!

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SILVERCAT Posted 25 Jan 2007 , 1:22pm
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I just did a lemon cake earlier this week an d put strawberry BC with it! Everyone said it was a great combo!

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bohemia Posted 25 Jan 2007 , 2:01pm
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I love lemmmmon Cake! I wanna have a slice right now!

I made vanilla pastry cream enriched with some butter and added some Cointreau and used that to fill my lemon cake a while back. Used meringue on top and torched that a bit to get that brown burnt goodness! Yum Yum Yum!!!!!

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wysmommy Posted 25 Jan 2007 , 2:25pm
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I use a meringue buttercream (french) and add some lemonzest, lemon juice (just a little to taste) and lemon extract. All combined it's really refreshing and light.

If you need it to be incognito either make the lemon zest really really tiny (like with a microplane) or just leave that out. The extract make it smell really nicely too. I keep the vanilla extract in the recipe.

This is making me crave lemon cake!

-Michelle

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