John's favorite birthday cake is an orange cake, with lemon frosting. I always used canned frosting but am trying to go with making my own now (I do still use cake mix!). So I searched for a recipe and this one is awesome! I can't remember where I got it to give credit, and anyway I tweaked it quite a bit (the original was too thin and didn't make enough).
It still doesn't make as much as I would like for a double layer cake. Next time, I would like to use something like lemon curd for the filling, or increase the amount of frosting by about half. For now I am too lazy to do the math so just know that this makes enough for a double layer cake and filling - just not overly generous thickness!
INGREDIENTS:
4-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tbsp. grated lemon zest, chopped fine
2 T lemon juice
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix the butter, lemon zest and vanilla together. Blend well.
Add milk and blend well.
Add the sugar, 1/2 cup at a time.
Beat on high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl as needed.
Stir in the lemon juice.
Frosts a 13x9 sheet cake generously, or a 2 layer cake/filling not as thick.
I hope you enjoy! We thought it was absolutely delicious!
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