Sea Salt & Pepper: Lemon Frosting & Tort(e)s

Monday, January 24, 2011

Lemon Frosting & Tort(e)s

For those of you that know me well, you know that I want to open a bakery named
Tort(e)s. Well it just so happens that Saturday night, I swirled my first cupcake in the signature fashion. My favorite Columbia bakery is by far Cupcake, and last Wednesday they were offering a Power Hour of Lemon Cupcakes—free to those that came in within 30 min. Under penalty of firing from a dieting employer, I did not get a lemon cupcake. Instead I waited until the craving could be pacified no longer and a partner in crime was available. Here is the opening credit to Tor(e)s! Drum Roll Please.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
2 8oz Packages softened cream cheese
1 stick softened butter
2 Tsp of vanilla extract
Juice of 1 1/2 lemons
1 lb of confectioners’ sugar

CREAM butter and sugar

SLOWLY sift sugar and mix

ADD vanilla and lemon juice

MIX well

NOTE: Refrigerate 30 minutes before frosting if using a piping bag.

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